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back_end

back end

See also: backend and back-end

English

Alternative forms

back-end, backend
backen', back-en' (Scotland)

Noun

back end ‎(plural back ends)

The rear, back, or invisible portion (of something).
The back end of the operation is kept out of sight of the customers.
(computing) that part of a hardware or software system that is farthest from the user; the internals rather than the user interface.
(Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The latter end of any given time, especially the latter part of the year; autumn; late autumn.

Translations

rear, back or invisible portion

Finnish: takapää, takaosa, loppupää, loppuosa

Russian: за́дняя часть f ‎(zádnjaja častʹ)

computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user

Chinese:
Mandarin: 後端, 后端 ‎(hòuduān)
Finnish: back end
French: back-end (fr) m, arrière-plan (fr) m

German: Back-End n
Japanese: バックエンド (ja) ‎(bakkuendo)
Russian: прикладна́я часть f ‎(prikladnája častʹ), бэк-э́нд m ‎(bɛk-énd)

latter end of any given time

Finnish: loppupuoli

Russian: поздняя f ‎(pozdnjaja)

Derived terms

look like the back end of a bus

See also

front end