back end

See also: backend and back-end

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From back and end.

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.

Derived terms

look like the back end of a bus

Translations

rear, back or invisible portion

Finnish: takapää, takaosa, loppupää, loppuosa

Russian: за́дняя часть f (zádnjaja častʹ), закулисье (ru) n (zakulisʹje), кухня (ru) f (kuxnja)

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

Georgian: სერვერული მხარე (serveruli mxare), ბექენდი (bekendi) (slang)
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)

See also

front end

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