Interface Technologies used in SAP

SAP systems use the following interface technologies that are listed in the above graphic:

. ALE: Application Link Enabling
. BAPI: Business Application Programming Interface
. CPI-C: Common Program Interface Communication
. EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
. HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
. LU 6.2: Logical Unit Type 6.2
. RFC: Remote Function Call
. OLE: Object Linking and Embedding
. SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
. SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol
. TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
. XML: Extensible Markup Language