SAP Basis

Glossary
ABAP
Advanced Business Application Programming. SAP’s programming
language.
ABAP Workbench
Integrated graphical development environment in the SAP system.
The ABAP Workbench enables you to develop, modify, test, and
manage client/server applications that are written in ABAP.
access method
The access method describes the connection of a spool work process
to an operating system spooler.
activation
Procedure that makes an object available to the runtime environment.
During activation, runtime objects are generated, which the
application programs and screen templates access.
ALE
Application Link Enabling technology to create and operate
distributed applications.
archive information structure
A central element in the SAP Archive Information System (AS). Using
data fields, it enables you to find and display archived data.
archiving object
Logical object of related business data in the database that can be read
from the database using a write program and then deleted from the
database by the associated delete program after successful archiving.
background job
A background job describes steps that are to be executed in the system
without user interaction (in the background). Background jobs are
processed by background work processes.
buffer
Area in the main memory of an instance in which data frequently
used by applications can be temporarily stored.
business object
Representation of a business object in the real world, such as an order.
SAP business objects describe entire business processes. This type of
encapsulation reduces the complexity, since the internal structure of
the business object remains hidden.
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