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front endThe 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.
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Bill took the warning and with well-directed coal cleared the front end of the waggon of assailants. 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. 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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