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{{Infobox programming language
| name = ABAP/4
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| paradigm = [[Object-oriented programming|Object-oriented]], [[Structured programming|structured]], [[Imperative programming|imperative]]
| year = {{start date and age|1983}}
| designer = [[SAP SE]]
| latest release version = 7.58<ref>{{Cite web |title=Changes in Releases 7.5x |url=https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_latest_index_htm/latest/en-US/index.htm?file=abennews-75.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024224303/https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_latest_index_htm/latest/en-US/index.htm?file=abennews-75.htm |archive-date=2020-10-24 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=help.sap.com}}</ref>
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2023|10|26}}
| typing = [[Type system#Static and dynamic typing|Static]], [[Strong and weak typing|strong]], [[Type system#Safely and unsafely typed systems|safe]], [[Nominative type system|nominative]]
| implementations = [[SAP R/2]], [[SAP R/3]], [[SAP S/4HANA]]
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| influenced_by = [[Objective-C]],{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} [[COBOL]],{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} [[SQL]]{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]
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'''ABAP''' (Advanced Business Application Programming, originally ''Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor'', German for "general report preparation processor"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sap-technical.com/content/abap/1ABAP%20History.htm |title="ABAP History". ''SAP-technical.com'' |access-date=2010-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415040338/http://www.sap-technical.com/content/abap/1ABAP%20History.htm |archive-date=2011-04-15 |url-status=dead}}</ref>) is a [[high-level programming language]] created by the German [[software]] company [[SAP SE]]. It is currently positioned, alongside [[Java (programming language)|Java]], as the language for programming the [[SAP NetWeaver Application Server]], which is part of the [[SAP NetWeaver]] platform for building business applications.