ABAP Runtime Environment (BC-ABA)

Occurrence of an area in the shared objects memory. In an area instance version, shared objects are stored in the form of instances of shared memory capable classes, where in each area instance version there is at least one instance of the area root class. The creation of, and access to, area instance versions takes place using area handles. Every area instance version has a name. Area instance versions with the same name make up an area instance.