2014-04-26 14:52:28 +00:00
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front end
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2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
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n. 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another
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(usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a back end ). 2. What
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you're talking to when you have a conversation with someone who is making
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replies without paying attention. Look at the dancing elephants! Uh-huh. Do
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you know what I just said? Sorry, you were talking to the front end. 3.
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Software that provides an interface to another program behind it, which may
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not be as user-friendly. Probably from analogy with hardware front-ends (see
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sense 1) that interfaced with mainframes.
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