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SAP Abbreviations

Look through 321 acronyms and abbreviations related to SAP:

EA — Each (as in a unit of measurement - one each)
SMART — Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-specific
BAPI — Business Application Programming Interface (SAP)
XMLI — XML Metadata Interchange
RIP — Rest in Peace
XML — Extensible Markup Language
R/3 — Real Time 3 Tier
PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
ISO — International Organization for Standardization
API — Application Programming Interface
RFP — Request For Proposal
KPI — Key Performance Indicator
ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
TQM — Total Quality Management
EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
NPV — Net Present Value {economics}
WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
SMTP — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
LOI — Letter Of Intent
HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
SLA — Service Level Agreement
PDA — Personal Digital Assistant
R/2 — Real Time 2 Tier
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.
CRM — Customer Relationship Management
OCR — Optical Character Recognition
AP — Accounts Payable
RFI — Request For Information. Sales department shorthand. Special priority when use in conjunction with RFN (see below).
SAAS — Software as a Service
DSS — Decision Support System
ERP — Emergency Response Plan
GL — General Ledger
EIS — Executive Information System
ODBO — OLE DB for OLAP
CMS — Content Management System
ROI — Return on Investment
SQL — Structured Query Language
NFS — Network File System
WIP — Work in Process
ROI — Region of Interest
BI — Business Intelligence
UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
CCF — Credit Conversion Factor
BOM — Bill of Material
SSL — Secure Socket Layer
GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
SCM — Supply Chain Management
EBCDIC — Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD)