2557147 - How to interpret the ASE version string?

Symptom

The OS command "dataserver -v" and the TSQL command "select @@version" both output the ASE version string.
What do all the parts of this string mean?

Examples:

Adaptive Server Enterprise/15.7/EBF 27353 SMP SP139 /P/x86_64/Enterprise Linux/ase157sp138x/4041/64-bit/FBO/Tue Aug 8 05:53:20 2017

Adaptive Server Enterprise/16.0 SP03/EBF 27167 SMP/P/x86_64/SLES 11.1/asecorona/2971/64-bit/DEBUG/Thu Jun 8 03:16:26 2017

Environment

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 ; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 Cluster Edition ; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 ; Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 ; Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0 ; Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5 ; Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition 15.0 ; Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition 15.5 ; Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition 15.7

Keywords

Sybase, ASEServer, SAPASE, dataserver, version string, @@version , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , BC-SYB-ASE-CE , ASE Cluster Edition (Standalone) , Problem

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