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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>front end</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="frogging.html" title="frogging"/><link rel="next" href="frotz.html" title="frotz"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">front end</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="frogging.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="frotz.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="front-end"/><dt xmlns="" id="front-end"><b>front end</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for
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another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a <span class="firstterm">back end</span>). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. What you're talking to when you have a conversation with someone
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who is making replies without paying attention. “<span class="quote">Look at the dancing
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elephants!</span>” “<span class="quote">Uh-huh.</span>” “<span class="quote">Do you know what I just
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said?</span>” “<span class="quote">Sorry, you were talking to the front end.</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 3. Software that provides an interface to another program
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‘behind’ it, which may not be as user-friendly. Probably from
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analogy with hardware front-ends (see sense 1) that interfaced with
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mainframes.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="frogging.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="frotz.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">frogging </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> frotz</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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