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JSON: JavaScript Object Notation
k8s: a popular way to abbreviate kubernetes
Karaf:
- a container, sponsored by Apache, fully supporting OSGI with lots of extras (Apache page)
Kubernetes: Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes Kubernetes is, "an open-source container-orchestration system for automating deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications"
LCM: Life Cycle Management
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