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- noun Alternative form of
back end .
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Clearly you used the term backend preparations, which is pretty much equivalent to what other posters have calle a "backend website".
Labour (Deputy) Leadership Candidates Had Better Be Careful 2007
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They have a huge presence in backend software vs a free alternative.
Party Crashin' SVGL 2009
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But those have been around for a while: Being able to build a program that doesn't care if the backend is Google Base or SQL Server is new.
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To some extent, the backend is becoming commoditized.
Archive 2005-09-01 Ben Barren 2005
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To some extent, the backend is becoming commoditized.
Cliff Gerrish Nails 2.0 User Interface Ben Barren 2005
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Boingo is the private-label backend or hotspot component for products sold by Fiberlink,
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Ori: I call the backend the cloud, where you have all this information and ways to access it from anywhere.
UgoTrade Tish Shute 2009
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Boingo is the private-label backend or hotspot component for products sold by Fiberlink,
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Boingo is the private-label backend or hotspot component for products sold by Fiberlink,
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Boingo is the private-label backend or hotspot component for products sold by Fiberlink,
myra53 commented on the word backend
This refers to the cyclical sleeping patterns of bearded lizards, akin to hibernation. The lizard will take refuge under a rock or log, and sleep for a period of from a week up to three months.
May 16, 2009
strev commented on the word backend
also refers to the coding and/or programming work on a website
June 26, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word backend
(noun) - (1) They sometimes say the backend of the week, but latter end is more common.
--Rev. Alfred Easther's Glossary of the Dialect of Almondbury and Huddersfield, 1883
(2) Late autumn; Cumbria.
--Alexander Gibson's Folk-Speech of Cumberland, 1880
(3) The later part of a season.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1888
(4) Backendish, rough and wintry, generally applied to the weather.
--Rev. M.C.F. Morris's Yorkshire Folk-Talk, 1892
January 16, 2018