Some Acronyms

Acronym Definition Details

Advanced Business Application
ABAP
Programming
ACF Active Component Framework
ADBC ABAP Database Connectivity
ADK Archive Development Kit
ADS Adobe Document Services
Adobe software for creating
ALD Adobe LiveCycle Designer 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
Accelerated SAP Methodology for
ASAP
Implementation
ASC Accredited Standards Committee
American Standard Code for
ASCII
Information Interchange
AUnit ABAP Unit
AWT Abstract Window Toolkit
BAdI Business Add In
Business Application Programming
BAPI
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
Business Process Execution Language
BPEL
(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
Common Programming Interface for
CPI-C
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
Extended Binary Coded Decimal
EBCDIC
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
Language within HTML (in BSP)
HTMLB HTMLBusiness
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
Internet Demonstration and Evaluation
IDES
System
IDoc Intermediate Document
IGS Internet Graphics Service
IKS Internet Knowledge servlet
IMG Implementation Guide
Industry specifications (or, Industry
IS
specific)
International Organization for
ISO
Standardization
SAPscript format for storing and
ITF Interchange Text Format
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
Operating system compliant with
OSF
standards
OSS Online Support System
OTF Output Text Format
OTR Online Text Repository
PA Personnel Administration
PAI Process After Input
Portal Runtime Java Services Layer for
PAR
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
BSP extension delivered by SAP,
PHTMLB
Extended library for HTMLB
PI Process Integration
PIG Portable Interactive Graphics
The Applets used in the context of the
PIGLET 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
Systems, Applications and Products in
SAP
Data Processing
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
Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-
SPOOL
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
Uniform/Universal Code Council
UCCnet
network
UCS Universal Character Set
Universal Description, Discovery and
UDDI
Integration
UDI Universal Data Integration
United Nation EDI for Administration,
UN/EDIFACT
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's
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
 XML format for describing network
WSDL Web Services Description Language
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
See also: SAP Library Glossary / ABAP Glossary / BI Acronyms and Glossary / EI/XI
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