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aa |
Asset Accounting |
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ABAP |
Advanced Business Application Programming |
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acf |
Active Component Framework |
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ADBC |
ABAP Database Connectivity |
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ADK |
Archive Development Kit |
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ADS |
Adobe Document Services |
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AIDA(S) |
Attention, Interest, Desire, Action, Satisfaction |
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ald |
Adobe LiveCycle Designer |
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ALE |
Application Link Enabling |
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ALV |
SAP List Viewer |
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ANSI |
American National Standard Institute |
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AP |
Accounts Payable |
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API |
Application Programming Interface |
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APO |
Advanced Planner Optimizer |
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AR |
Accounts Receivable |
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aRFC |
Asynchronous Remote Function Call |
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AS |
Application Server |
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ASAP |
Accelerated SAP Methodology for Implementation |
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ASC |
Accredited Standards Committee |
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ASCII |
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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AUnit |
ABAP Unit |
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AWT |
Abstract Window Toolkit (Java) |
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BAdI |
Business Add In |
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BAPI |
Business Application Programming Interface (SAP) |
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BCD |
Binary-Coded Decimal |
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BCS |
Business Communication Services |
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BDC |
Batch Data Communication |
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BDOC |
Business Document |
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BDS |
Business Document Services |
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BDT |
Business Data Toolset |
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BEx |
Business Explorer |
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bgRFC |
BackGround Remote Function Call |
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BI |
Business Intelligence |
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BLOB |
Binary Long Object |
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BOM |
Bill of Material |
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BOR |
Business Object Repository |
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BP |
Business Partner |
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BPEL |
Business Process Execution Language |
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BPM |
business process management |
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BPMN |
Business Process Modeling Notation |
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BRF |
Business Rule Framework |
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BRM |
Business Rule Management |
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BSP |
Business Server Pages |
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BTCI |
Batch Input |
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BTE |
Business Transaction Events |
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BW |
Business Warehouse |
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bXML |
Business XML |
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CA |
Cross Application Components |
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CAF |
Composite Application Framework |
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CASE |
computer-automated software engineering |
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CATS |
Cross-Application Time Sheet |
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CATT |
Computer-Aided Test Tool |
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CBs |
Component Build Service |
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CCF |
Credit Conversion Factor |
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CCMS |
Computing Center Management System |
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CESU |
Compatibility Encoding Scheme for UTF |
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CFW |
Control Framework |
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CIC |
Customer Interaction Center |
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CLOB |
Character Large Object |
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CML |
Consumer & Mortgage Loans |
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CMS |
Collateral's Management System |
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CMS |
Change Management Services |
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CMS |
Content Management System |
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cms |
Content Management Service |
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CO |
Controlling |
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CoA |
Charts of Accounts |
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CpD |
Conto-pro-Diverse |
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CPI-C |
Common Programming Interface for Communication |
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CPM |
Corporate Performance Management |
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crm |
Customer Relationship Management |
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CS |
Customer Service |
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CSP |
Complementary Software Partners |
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CTS |
Correction and Transport System |
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CUA |
Central User Administration |
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DCL |
Data Control Language |
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DDIC |
Data Dictionary |
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DDL |
Data Definition Language |
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DML |
Data Manipulation Language |
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DMS |
Document Management Systeme |
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DOI |
Desktop Office Integration |
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DOM |
Document Object Model |
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DQL |
Data Query Language |
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DSS |
Decision Support System |
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DTR |
Design Time Repository |
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DWH |
Data Warehouse |
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EA |
Each (as in a unit of measurement - one each) |
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EAI |
Enterprise Application Integration |
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EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD) |
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EC |
Enterprise Controlling |
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eCATT |
Extended CATT |
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ECC |
Enterprise Core Component |
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EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
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EHS |
Environment, Health & Safety |
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EIS |
Executive Information System |
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EJB |
Enterprise Java Bean |
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EP |
Enterprise Portal |
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ERP |
Emergency Response Plan |
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ESS |
Employee Self Service |
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ETL |
Extract, Transform and Load |
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FI |
Financial Accounting |
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FS |
Functional Specifications |
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fs |
Financial Service |
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FS-CD |
Financial Services Collection & Disbursement |
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FS-CM |
Financial Services Claim Management |
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FS-ICM |
Financial Services Incentive / Commission Management |
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FS-PM |
Financial Services Policy Management |
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FS-RI |
Financial Services Reinsurance |
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FSCM |
Financial Supply Chain Management |
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GL |
General Ledger |
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GML |
Generic Modeling Language |
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GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu) |
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GOS |
Generic Object Services |
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GUI |
Graphical User Interface (goo-ey) |
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GUID |
Global Unique IDentifier |
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HCM |
Human Capital Management |
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HR |
HUMAN RESOURCES |
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HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
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HTMLB |
HTMLBusiness |
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HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
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HTTPS |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure |
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IAC |
Internet Application Component |
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ICF |
Internet Communication Framework |
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ICM |
Internet Communication Manager |
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ICR |
Intelligent Character Recognition |
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IDES |
Internet Demonstration and Evaluation System |
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IDOC |
Intermediate Document |
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IGS |
Internet Graphics Service |
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IKS |
Internet Knowledge servlet |
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IM |
Investment Management |
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IMG |
Implementation Management Guide |
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IMG |
Implementation Guide |
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is |
Industry Solutions |
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IS |
Industry specific |
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IS-H |
Industry Solutions Health |
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IS-M/AM |
Industry Solutions Media / Advertising Management |
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IS-R |
Industry Solutions Retail |
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IS-T |
Industry Solutions Telecommunication |
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IS-U |
Industry Solutions Utilities |
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ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
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ITF |
Interchange Text Format |
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ITS |
Internet Transaction Server |
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J2EE |
Java 2 Enterprise Edition |
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J2SE |
Java 2 platform, Standard Edition |
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JAS |
Java Application Server |
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JCA |
J2EE Connector Architecture |
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JCo |
Java Connector |
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JDBC |
Java Database Connectivity |
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JFC |
Java Foundation Class |
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JMS |
Java Messaging Services |
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JMX |
Java Management Extensions |
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JRE |
Java Runtime Environment |
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JSP |
Java Server Page |
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KISS |
Keep it short and simple |
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KM |
Knowledge Management |
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KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
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KPR |
Knowledge Provider |
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KW |
Knowledge Warehouse |
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LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (pronounced Ell-dap) |
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LDB |
Logical Database |
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LDQ |
Local Data Queue |
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LES |
Logistics Execution System |
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LO |
Logistics General |
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LOB |
Large Object |
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LOI |
Letter Of Intent |
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LSMW |
Legacy System Migration Workbench |
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LUW |
Logical Unit of Work |
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MCOD |
Multiple Components in One Database |
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MDK |
Mobile Development Kit |
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MDM |
Master Data Management |
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MI |
Mobile Infrastructure |
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MM |
Materials Management |
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MMR |
Meta Model Repository |
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MPI |
Memory Pipes |
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MSE |
Mobile Service Equipment |
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MSS |
Management Self Service |
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MVC |
Model-View-Controller |
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NFS |
Network File System |
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NPV |
Net Present Value {economics} |
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NW |
NetWeaver |
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NWA |
Netweaver Administrator |
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NWDI |
NetWeaver Development Infrastructure |
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NWDS |
NetWeaver Developer Studio |
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OBN |
Object Based Navigation |
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OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
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ODBC |
Open Database Connectivity |
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ODBO |
OLE DB for OLAP |
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ODS |
Open Data Source |
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OLAP |
Online Analytical Processing |
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OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding (Microsoft communication protocol) |
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Oltp |
Online Transaction Processing |
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OPC |
OLE for Process Control |
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OSF |
Operating system compliant with standards |
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OSS |
Online Support System |
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OTF |
Output Text Format (computer programming) |
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OTR |
Online Text Repository |
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PA |
Personnel Administration |
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PAI |
Process After Input |
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PAR |
Portal Runtime Java Services Layer for EP |
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PAW |
Performance Assessment Workbench |
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PBO |
Process Before Output |
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PCC |
Pre-Configured Client |
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PCK |
Partner Connectivity Kit |
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PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
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PDF |
Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat) |
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PDK |
Portal Development Kit |
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PDL |
Page Description Language |
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PHTMLB |
BSP extension delivered by SAP, Extended library for HTMLB |
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PI |
Process Integration |
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PIG |
Portable Interactive Graphics |
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PIGLET |
The Applets used in the context of the Portable Interactive Graphics project |
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PLM |
Product Lifecycle Management |
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PM |
Project Manager |
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PM |
Plant Maintenance |
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POC |
Proof Of Concept |
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POH |
Process on Help-Request |
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POS |
Point Of Sale.Retail term, being the physical point at which products are displayed on shelves or paid for at the checkout, as in the EPOS acronym. |
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POV |
Process on Value Request |
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PP |
Production Planning |
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PPF |
Post Processing Framework |
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PQP |
Project Quality Plan |
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PS |
Project Systems |
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PXA |
Program eXecution Area |
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QM |
Quality Management |
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qRFC |
Queued Remote Function Call |
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R/2 |
Real Time 2 Tier |
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R/3 |
Real Time 3 Tier |
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RDI |
Raw Data Interface |
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RDS |
RSA Data Security |
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RFC |
Remote Function Call |
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RFC |
Request For Change |
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RFI |
Request For Information. Sales department shorthand. Special priority when use in conjunction with RFN (see below). |
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RFM |
Remote-enabled Function Module |
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RFP |
Request For Proposal |
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RIP |
Rest in Peace |
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RNIF |
RosettaNet Implementation Framework |
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ROI |
Region of Interest |
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ROI |
Return on Investment |
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RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
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RSS |
Rich Site Summary |
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RSS |
Really Simple Syndication |
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RTF |
Rich Text Format |
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RTTC |
Run Time Type Creation |
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RTTI |
Run-Time Type Identification |
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RTTS |
Runtime Type Services |
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SaaS |
Software as a Service |
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SAP |
Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing |
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SAP A1 FS |
SAP ALL in One Fast Track |
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SAP B1 |
SAP Business One |
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SAP EB |
SAP Enterprise Buyer |
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SAPOSCOL |
SAP operating system collector |
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SCM |
Supply Chain Management |
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SD |
Sales and Distribution |
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SDK |
Software Development Kit (Microsoft) |
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SDM |
Software Development Manager |
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SEM |
Strategic Enhanced Management |
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SFW |
Switch Framework |
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SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
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SLD |
System Landscape Directory |
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smart |
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-specific |
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SMB |
Small Midsize Business |
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smd |
Solution Manager Diagnostics |
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SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
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SOA |
Service-Oriented Architecture |
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SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
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SOD |
Statement of Direction |
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SOLMAN |
Solution Manager |
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Spool |
Simultaneous Peripheral Operations Online |
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SQL |
Structured Query Language |
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SR |
Service Release |
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sRFC |
Synchronous Remote Function Call |
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SRM |
Supplier Relationship Management |
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SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
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ST |
Simple Transformation |
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SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
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TCO |
Total Cost of Ownership |
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TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
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TMS |
Transport Management System |
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TQM |
Total Quality Management |
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TR |
Treasury Receipt |
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tr |
Treasury Registered |
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tr |
Treasury Regulations |
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tRFC |
Transactional Remote Function Call |
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UAT |
User Acceptance Test |
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UCCnet |
Uniform Code Council network |
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UCCnet |
Universal Code Council network |
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UCS |
Universal Character Set |
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UDDI |
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration of business for the web |
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UDI |
Universal Data Integration |
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UML |
Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG) |
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UN/EDIFACT |
United Nation EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport |
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UNTDI |
United Nation Trade Data Interchange |
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USP |
Unique Selling Point |
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UT1 |
Universal Time |
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UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
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UTF |
Universal Transformation Format |
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UTF-16 |
16 bit Unicode character representation |
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UTF-32 |
32 bit Unicode character representation |
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UTF-8 |
8 bit Unicode character representation |
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UUID |
Universal Unique Identifier |
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VAN |
Value Added Network |
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