SAP Acronyms

ABAP

Advanced Business Application Programming

ACF

Active Component Framework

ADBC

ABAP Database Connectivity

ADK

Archive Development Kit

ADS

Adobe Document Services

ALD

Adobe LiveCycle Designer

Adobe software for creating programmable PDF forms, embedded in SAP transactions

ALE

Application Link Enabling

ALV

SAP List Viewer

The old name was ABAP List Viewer

ANSI

American National Standard Institute

APO

Advanced Planner and Optimizer

aRFC

Asynchronous Remote Function Call

AS

Application Server

ASAP

Accelerated SAP Methodology for Implementation

ASC

Accredited Standards Committee

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

AUnit

ABAP Unit

AWT

Abstract Window Toolkit

BAdI

Business Add In

BAPI

Business Application Programming Interface

BCD

Binary Coded Decimal

BCS

Business Communication Services

BDC

Batch Data Communication

Also known as BTCI

BDoc

Business Document

BDS

Business Document Services

BDT

Business Data Toolset

bgRFC

BackGround Remote Function Call

BEx

Business Explorer

BI

Business Intelligence

BLOB

Binary Long Object

BOM

Bill of Material

BOR

Business Object Repository

BPEL

Business Process Execution Language (for Web Services)

BPM

Business Process Management

BPMN

Business Process Modeling Notation

BRF

Business Rule Framework

BRM

Business Rule Management

BSP

Business Server Page

BTCI

BaTCh Input

BTE

Business Transaction Events

BW

Business Warehouse

Old name of BI

bXML

Business XML

CAF

Composite Application Framework

CATS

Cross-Application Time Sheet

CATT

Computer Aided Test Tool

CBS

Component Build Service

CCF

Credit Conversion Factor

CCMS

Computing Center Management System

CESU

Compatibility Encoding Scheme

CFW

Control Framework

CIC

Customer Interaction Center

CLOB

Character large object

CMS

Change Management Service

CMS

Content Management Service

CPI-C

Common Programming Interface for Communication

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CSP

Complementary Software Partners

CTS

Correction and Transport system

CUA

Central User Administration

DCL

Data Control Language

DDIC

Data Dictionary

DDL

Data Definition Language

DML

Data Manipulation Language

DMS

Document Management System

DOI

Desktop Office Integration

DOM

Document Object Model

DQL

Data Query Language

DSS

Decision Support System

DTR

Design Time Repository

EA

Each

EAI

Enterprise Application Integration

EBCDIC

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

eCATT

Extended CATT

ECC

Enterprise Core Component

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EHS

Environment, Health and Safety

EIS

Executive Information System

EJB

Enterprise Java Beans

EP

Enterprise Portal

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

ESS

Employee Self Service

ETL

Extract Transform and Load

FS

Functional Specifications

FSCM

Financial Supply Chain Management

GML

Generic Modeling Language

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GOS

Generic Object Services

GUI

Graphical User Interface

GUID

Global Unique Identifier

HCM

Human Capital Management

HR

Human Resources

HTML

Hyper Text MarkUp Language

HTMLB

HTMLBusiness

Language within HTML (in BSP) which has ABAP syntax

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

IAC

Internet Application Component

Now called ITS Service

ICF

Internet Communication Framework

ICM

Internet Communication Manager

ICR

Intelligent Character Recognition

IDES

Internet Demonstration and Evaluation System

IDoc

Intermediate Document

IGS

Internet Graphics Service

IKS

Internet Knowledge servlet

IMG

Implementation Guide

IS

Industry specifications (or, Industry specific)

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ITF

Interchange Text Format

SAPscript format for storing and displaying SAPscript texts

ITS

Internet Transaction Server

J2EE

Java 2 Enterprise Edition

J2SE

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition

JAS

Java Application Server

JCA

J2EE Connector Architecture

JCo

Java Connector

JDBC

Java Database Connectivity

JFC

Java Foundation Classes

JMS

Java Messaging Service

JMX

Java Management Extensions

JSP

Java Server Pages

KPr[o]

Knowledge Provider

KW

Knowledge Warehouse

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDB

Logical Database

LDQ

Local Data Queue

LOB

Large Object

LSMW

Legacy System Migration Workbench

LUW

Logical Unit Of Work

MCOD

Multiple Components in One Database

MDK

Mobile Development Kit

MDM

Master Data Management

MI

Mobile Infrastructure

MMR

Meta Model Repository

MPI

Memory Pipes

MSE

Mobile Service

MSS

Management Self Service

NFS

Network File System

NW

NetWeaver

NWA

Netweaver Administrator

NWDI

NetWeaver Development Infrastructure

NWDS

NetWeaver Developer Studio

OBN

Object Based Navigation

OCR

Optical Character Recognition

ODBC

Open DataBase Connectivity

ODS

Open Data Source

OLAP

OnLine Analytical Processing

OLE

Object Linking and Embedding

OLTP

OnLine Transaction Processing

OPC

OLE for process control

OSF

Operating system compliant with standards

OSS

Online Support System

OTF

Output Text Format

OTR

Online Text Repository

PA

Personnel Administration

PAI

Process After Input

PAR

Portal Runtime Java Services Layer for EP

PAW

Performance Assessment Workbench

PBO

Process Before Output

PCC

Pre-Configured Client

PCK

Partner Connectivity Kit

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

PDF

Portable Document Format

PDK

Portal Development Kit

PDL

Page Description Language

PHTMLB

BSP extension delivered by SAP, Extended library for HTMLB

PI

Process Integration

PIG

Portable Interactive Graphics

PIGLET

The Applets used in the context of the Portable Interactive Graphics (PIG) project

POH

Process on Help Request

POV

Process on Value Request

PPF

Post Processing Framework

PXA

Program eXecution Area

qRFC

Queued Remote Function Call

R/2

Real Time 2 Tier

R/3

Real Time 3 Tier

RDI

Raw Data Interface

RDS

RSA Data Security

RFC

Remote Function Call

RFM

Remote-enabled Function Module

RFP

Request For Proposal

RNIF

RosettaNet Implementation Framework

RTF

Rich Text Format

RTTC

Run Time Type Creation

RTTI

Run Time Type Identification

RTTS

Runtime Type Services

SAP A1 FS

SAP ALL in One Fast Track

SAP B1

SAP Business One

SAP EB

SAP Enterprise Buyer

SAP

Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing

 What is SAP?

SAPOSCOL

SAP operating system collector

SDK

Software Development kit

SDM

Software Development Manager

SFW

Switch Framework

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SLD

System Landscape Directory

SMD

Solution Manager Diagnostics

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SOA

Service Oriented Architecture

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

SOLMAN

Solution Manager

SPOOL

Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-line

SQL

Structured Query Language

SR

Service Release

sRFC

Synchronous Remote Function Call

ST

Simple Transformation

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership

TMS

Transport Management System

tRFC

Transactional Remote Function Call

UCCnet

Uniform/Universal Code Council network

UCS

Universal Character Set

UDDI

Universal Description, Discovery and Integration

UDI

Universal Data Integration

UN/EDIFACT

United Nation EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport

UNTDI

United Nation Trade Data Interchange

UT1

Universal Time

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

UTF

Universal Transformation Format

UTF-16

16 bit Unicode character representation

UTF-32

32 bit Unicode character representation

UTF-8

8 bit Unicode character representation

UUID

Universal Unique Identifier

VAN

Value Added Network

WAS

Web Application Server

WBS

Work Breakdown Structure

WD

Web Dynpro

WD4A

Web Dynpro for ABAP

WD4J

Web Dynpro for Java

WF

WorkFlow

WFMC

WorkFlow Management Coalition

WSDL

Web Services Description Language

XML format for describing network services

XHTML

eXtensible HTML

XI

Exchange Infrastructure

XML

eXtensible Markup Language

XMLA

XML for Analysis

XMLI

XML Metadata Interchange

XSD

XML Schema Definition

XSL

EXtensible Stylesheet Language

XSLT

XSL Transformations