What is a functional upgrade?

When I was doing upgrade, I just went thru the guide and notes available on SMP.
Now people are talking about functional upgrade and technical upgrade.
I am not sure what is a functional upgrade.
Thanks if you can help. Regards.

"Functional upgrade" is that what it means, upgrade functionality (in sense of new functionality for MM, SD etc.) vs. "technical upgrade" which is just an upgrade of the underlying technology without changing functionality.
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our compny has done FUNCTIONAL UPGRADE so far..whats new for technical ppl like us apart from changing bdcs, some missing functions, etc...
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       2.      2) Select Modifiable in the Global setting dialog box.
       3.      3) Choose Continue.
       4.      4) Choose Edit ® Select all.
       5.      5) Save your changes.
       6.      Then log on as a normal user, since user DDIC may not perform any repairs.
SPAU: This transaction allows you to adjust programs, function modules, screens, interfaces, documentation and text elements after an upgrade.
After you adjusted or edited an object, you can use User/Status function to modify the status of the object. Before doing this, you can also add other developers or testers that are allowed to edit the object and create a short note.
Steps to run SPAU:
1) Start transaction SE03 as user DDIC and choose Tools ® Administration ® Set system change option.
       2.      2) Select Modifiablein the Global setting dialog box.
       3.      3) Choose Continue.
       4.      4) Choose Edit ® Select all.
       5.      5) Save your entries.
       6.      Then log on as a normal user, since user DDIC may not perform any repairs.
Other important topics in Technical Upgrade:
Updaring the Development System: Perform the adjust int he development system using SPDD and SPAU transctions and assign to transport requests. The upgrade control program R3up exports the transport that you have marked in a later upgrade phase.
Upgrading the Production System: During this phase, the R3up upgrade control program checks whether there are any change requests registered for transport from the development system to the production system. If this is the case, R3up offers to import the transport automatically, instead of you carrying out adjustments with transactions SPDD/SPAU. If you choose this procedure, you still have the option of stopping SPDD/SPAU to check the changes accepted automatically before they are activated.
If you decide to import a transport automatically, a subsequent analysis checks whether there is an entry in the transport you specified for each modified object found in this SAP System. Only if this is the case is the transport marked as suitable.
If there are more modified objects in the production system than in the test system, they cannot be dealt with by the transport. This means that you have to adjust these objects.
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Is built on the technical upgrade, the functional upgrade provides in addition the opportunity to implement new functionalities in area like FI,HR,Logistics ..,this upgrade type also represents an opportunity to maximize the use of SAP standard functionalities by replacing custom modifications and consolidate instance or systems.
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Thanks in Advance,
Anil

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