ABAP
ABAP is the initialism of Advanced Business Application Programming.
Origin of ABAP
Initially coined as short for German Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor ("generic report preparation processor"); later assigned the English expansion.
Questions about ABAP
- What is ABAP the initialism of?
- ABAP is the initialism of Advanced Business Application Programming.
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