ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

OpenDaylight Project

Imagine that you are playing with a toy car that has lots of buttons, switches, and levers. You want to make the car do different things like go forward, turn left, or turn right. But it's hard to remember which buttons to press and when to press them.

OpenDaylight is like a grown-up version of your toy car. It's a software program that helps people who work with computer networks to control and manage them more easily. Instead of buttons and switches, OpenDaylight has lots of lines of code that tell your network what to do.

When you want to change something on your network, usually you have to go into each device, like routers or switches, and make changes there. This can be time-consuming and difficult to manage. But with OpenDaylight, you can control everything from one central place. You can tell your network to add new devices, change settings, and detect problems all in one place.

OpenDaylight is like a very smart and organised helper that manages your network for you. It makes things simpler and more efficient for people who work with networks, and it helps them get their jobs done faster and with fewer mistakes.