Nms

NMS is an acronym that can refer to several concepts across different fields. Two widely recognized meanings are Network Management System in information technology and Non-Maximum Suppression in computer vision.

A Network Management System is software that provides centralized monitoring, management, and automation of network resources. It collects data from devices via protocols such as SNMP, stores configurations and metrics, and enables fault, performance, configuration, and security management. Deployments can be on-premises or cloud-based. Users include network administrators and IT operators. Benefits include improved visibility and faster issue resolution; challenges include complexity and vendor lock-in.

Non-Maximum Suppression is used in computer vision to reduce duplicate detections. The algorithm keeps the highest-scoring bounding box and removes others that overlap above a threshold, typically measured by Intersection over Union. Variants such as Soft-NMS and DIoU/CIoU enhance or refine the suppression. NMS is implemented in popular object-detection architectures like YOLO, Faster R-CNN, and SSD.

Because NMS is an acronym with multiple meanings, the intended interpretation depends on the context, and other definitions may exist in different organizations or fields.