SAP Basis

ADM100 Glossary
development object
Component of an ABAP application. Development objects include:
Programs such as transactions, reports, subroutines, and function
modules; program components such as event blocks, screens, and
menus; and objects, used by several programs (such as database
fields, field definitions, and program messages).
DIAG
Dynamic Information and Action Gateway: Protocol for
communication between the SAP GUI and the application server (also
known as the SAP GUI protocol).
dispatcher
Central process of an instance. It is responsible, among other things,
for starting work processes and distributing the transaction workload
to the work processes.
Dynpro
DYNamic PROgram. A dynamic program consists of a screen image
and its underlying flow logic, programmed in ABAP.
enqueue server
Enqueue server is a possible description for the instance of an SAP
system on which the enqueue work process manages the lock table in
a distributed SAP system.
F4 help
The F4 help provides you with input help for a field that is ready for
input.
front end
Work center computer
gateway
Interface that converts one communication protocol into another
communication protocol.
HTML
HyperText Markup Language (HTML): Document description
language for creating HTML pages in the Internet. HTML documents
have a uniform format and consist only of ASCII text. They can either
be stored statically in the file system of the Web server of be generated
dynamically at runtime by special programs. The Web servers sends
them to the Web browser, which interprets and displays them.
HTTP
Application protocol of the World Wide Web (WWW). The HyperText
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) controls communication between the Web
browser (the HTTP client) and the Web server (the HTTP server).
instance
Administrative unit that groups components of an SAP system that
provide one or more services. These services are started and stopped
at the same time.
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