SAP FILE - Glossary

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Storage of data under a name in a persistent storage medium. Statements of the ABAP file interface can be used to process files on the host computer of an AS instance. For files on the presentation servers, function modules or methods of a global class are available. The files of the database server are part of the database and are maintained by the database system.