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.. _whatisvpp:
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What is VPP?
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FD.io's Vector Packet Processing (VPP) technology is a :ref:`fast`,
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:ref:`packet-processing` stack that runs on commodity CPUs. It provides
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out-of-the-box production quality switch/router functionality and much, much
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more. FD.io VPP is at the same time, an :ref:`extensible` and
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:ref:`developer-friendly` framework, capable of boot-strapping the development
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of packet-processing applications. The benefits of FD.io VPP are its high
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performance, proven technology, its modularity and flexibility, integrations and
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rich feature set.
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FD.io VPP is vector packet processing software, to learn more about what that
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means, see the :ref:`what-is-vector-packet-processing` section.
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For more detailed information on FD.io features, see the following sections:
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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dataplane.rst
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fast.rst
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developer.rst
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extensible.rst
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