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front end

The head, starting point or input side in a system. For example, it may refer to the graphical interface on a user's workstation where all data are entered or to a communications system, such as a front end processor or TP monitor that accepts incoming transactions and messages. See back end.

1.front end - An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a "back end").
2.front end - Software that provides an interface to another program "behind" it, which may not be as user-friendly. Probably from analogy with hardware front-ends that interfaced with mainframes.


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Bill took the warning and with well-directed coal cleared the front end of the waggon of assailants.
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Soon the front end of the ship began to go down and down, faster and faster--till the boat looked almost as though it were standing on its head; and the pirates had to cling to the rails and the masts and the ropes and anything to keep from sliding off.
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The front end of the sled was turned up, like a scroll, in order to force down and under the bore of soft snow that surged like a wave before it.
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