(1) (SAP Americas, Inc., Newtown Square, PA, www.sap.com) The U.S. branch of the German software company, SAP AG., which was founded in 1972 as Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing. SAP's R/3 integrated suite of applications and its ABAP/4 Development Workbench became popular starting around 1993 and have gained significant market share in the ERP arena. See R/3.
(2) (Session Announcement Protocol) An IETF protocol for distributing session description messages to potential recipients. It is widely used to send SDP messages. See SIP.
(2) (Session Announcement Protocol) An IETF protocol for distributing session description messages to potential recipients. It is widely used to send SDP messages. See SIP.
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