ABAP: Advanced Business Application Programming. A programming language designed for creating large-scale business applications.

ALE: Application Link Enabling. Technology that enables communication between SAP and external systems such as the Identity Vault. For more information, see Section B.0, Application Link Enabling (ALE).

BAPI: Business Application Programming Interface. SAP business APIs for the SAP business object types. For more information, see Section C.0, Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs).

CCMS: Computer Center Management System. A set of tools to monitor, control, and configure an SAP system.

client: In an SAP system, a self-contained unit with its own set of users and data.

CUA: Central User Administration. The SAP tool used to centrally maintain user master records.

ERP: Enterprise resource planning. A software system for planning and automating enterprise-wide business processes.

GRC: Governance, risk, and compliance. Software or business processes that facilitate conformity to legal requirements.

IDocs: Intermediate document. A data exchange format used between SAP systems and between SAP systems and external applications. For more information, see Section B.3, IDoc Type.

JCo: SAP Java^* Connector. A toolkit that allows Java applications to communicate with any SAP system.

SPML: Service Provisioning Markup Language. An XML-based framework for managing the provisioning and allocation of identity information and system resources within and between organizations.

SSCR: SAP Software Change Registration. A procedure for registering manual changes to SAP source code and dictionary object.s

UME: User Management Engine. Provides central user administration for Java applications.

XAL: External interface for alert management. Enables external system management software to read and set properties in order to integrate with SAP administration tools.