See back end on Wiktionary
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"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "arrière-plan"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "serveruli mxare",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"word": "სერვერული მხარე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bekendi",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "ბექენდი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Back-End"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakkuendo",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"word": "バックエンド"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"word": "پسا"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikladnája častʹ",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прикладна́я часть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bɛk-énd",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бэк-э́нд"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dorsal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"parasynonym"
],
"word": "motor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "latter end of any given time",
"word": "loppupuoli"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pózdnjaja",
"sense": "latter end of any given time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́здняя"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"back end"
],
"word": "back end"
}
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