2006-10-17 02:07:49 · 11 answers · asked by ashok r 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Sap can be :
[a] the watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant,
[b] a piece of leather-covered metal with a flexible handle; used for hitting people, or even
[c] a dull person who lacks good judgment.
In contemporary net-jargon, 'SAP' is the shortened form of 'Soon As Possible'.
And as an acronym, 'SAP' can mean :
1. Sampling and Analysis Plan Science
2. Service Advertising Protocol Technology
3. Special Access Program Technology
4. Structural Analysis Program Technology
5. Scientific Advisory Panel Science
6. Second Audio Program Technology
7. Semi-Armor-Piercing Army
8. Serum Alkaline Phosphatase Medicine
9. Serum Amyloid pp Medicine
10. Service Access Point Technology
11. Service Assessment Pool Science
12. Sintered Aluminum Powder Science
13. Sintered Aluminum Product Science
14. Strain Arrestor Plate Science
15. Structural-Adjustment Program Organizations
16. Symbolic Assembly Program Technology
17. Systems, Applications and Products Technology
18. IATA Code for La Mesa International Airport, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Locations
19. Safety Assessment Panel Technology
or
20 Safety Assessment Principles !
Pick your choice !
2006-10-17 02:27:49 · answer #1 · answered by Shushana 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
SAP AG (FWB:SAP, NYSE: SAP) is the largest European software enterprise, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. SAP was founded in 1972 as Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung by five former IBM engineers in Mannheim, Germany. The acronym was later changed to stand for Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung ("Systems, Applications And Products in Data Processing") and since the 2005 annual general meeting the company's official name is just SAP AG.
Reputation
SAP is the third-largest software company in the world. It ranks after Microsoft and Oracle in terms of market capitalization. SAP is the largest business application and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution software provider in terms of revenue.
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Products
SAP's products focus on ERP, which it helped to pioneer. The company's main product is MySAP ERP. The name of its predecessor, SAP R/3 give a clue to its functionality: the "R" stands for realtime data processing and the number 3 relates to a 3-tier architecture: database, application server and client (SAPgui). R/2, which ran on a Mainframe architecture, was the first SAP version.
Other major product offerings include Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO), Business Information Warehouse (BW), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Exchange Infrastructure (XI), Enterprise Portal (EP) and Knowledge Warehouse (KW).
The APO name has been retired and rolled into SCM. The BW name (Business Warehouse) has now been rolled into the SAP NetWeaver BI (Business Intelligence) suite and functions as the reporting module.
The company also offers a new technology platform, named SAP NetWeaver. While its original products are typically used by Fortune 500 companies, SAP is now also actively targeting small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with its SAP Business One and SAP All-in-One.
Reportedly, there are over 100,800 SAP installations at more than 28,000 companies. SAP products are used by over 12 million people in more than 120 countries.
2006-10-17 03:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the software, SAP is enterprise software. It is used for enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, supply chain management, and other purposes. The name SAP is from the German "Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung" ("Systems, Applications, And Products in Data Processing").
2006-10-17 02:21:18 · answer #3 · answered by Christy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sap is an recent development in the software field..
students will get the best knowledge of their related subject with learning this course..
it means, say for example in finance specialization students can gather more information about finance through the getting of this sap course
2006-10-17 02:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by veer_appu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SAP Introduction
SAP means Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung. This is german for System analysis and program development.
The name was later changed into Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung: Systems, application and products in the data processing.
The company is specialized in large application supporting large corporations.
SAP is well known for its ERP solution R/3. The modularity of the product allows a certain fexibility in the implementation and use.
The major components within R/3 are
Financial system (FI-Co)
Project system (PS)
Logistic system (LO)
Human ressource (HR)
Customer Relation Management (CRM)
Developpment system (ABAP)
The major components outside R/3 are :
Netweaver
SAP Business Warehouse (BW) and Strategic Entreprise Management (SEM)
xApps
Others
2006-10-17 20:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by roy_s_jones 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the sense of calling someone a sap: It means they are innocent or naive or gullible. This type of person is an easy mark for someone trying to work a scram or take advantage of them.
2006-10-17 02:16:19 · answer #6 · answered by stretch 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Systems, Applications and Products.
2006-10-17 18:35:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anand 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where I come from sap mean a complete f#*&+$g idiot!
2006-10-17 07:52:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its an acronym, Systems, Applications and Products , gets pretty complicated..so here:
http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/whatsap.htm
2006-10-17 02:20:38 · answer #9 · answered by Yawn Gnome 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"sap" has a meaning, it actually means,
s-soon
a-as
p-possible
soon as possible
2006-10-17 02:20:09 · answer #10 · answered by snookieoo3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋