Are all SAP tables accessible outside the application?

Are all SAP tables accessible outside the application?

I have been trying to access tables from the OS level. I've been using se16 to try to access tables, but it displays a message saying, you cannot see the content of this table from here. Can you tell me why I am getting this message and how to see those contents?

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Keep in mind that not all tables are "transparent" tables. Therefore, they are not accessible outside the application. Some are clustered, pooled or structured. Tcode SE11 has the potential to display them all, however.

This was first published in March 2006