- the rear part of something:I didn’t think my stage debut would entail playing the back end of a bull!My eyes followed the back end of the car, watching it slowly creep up the road and out of sight.
- the later part of a process or span of time:The team has a chance to turn their season around, but they face a difficult back end of the schedule.
- the parts of a computer program, website, system, network, etc., that the user does not see or directly interact with:The user information has all been updated in the back end.Our engineers can refurbish existing backends internally, improving structure and performance without altering the external behavior of the code.
- the part of an organization or process that operates in the background or out of the public view: Tell us about the back end of your business, like your accounting and data processing systems.
- the last few months of the year:The journal was published at the back end of last year.
- being or relating to those parts of a computer program, website, system, network, etc., that the user does not see or directly interact with:Managed website hosting is for those who do not want to bother with a lot of the back-end stuff like updating apps and enabling automatic backups.We’re seeking an experienced back-end developer to help complete the development of our mobile education platform.
- being or relating to the part of an organization that operates in the background or out of the public view:The library is hoping to streamline many of their back-end administrative processes.The back-end legal and financial responsibilities of running a business are significant.
- happening or incurred at or near the end of a process or span of time: We do not ever charge hidden back-end transaction fees.The young pitcher is shaping up to be a great middle or back-end reliever.
- autumn
- (of money, costs, etc) required or incurred after a project has been completed
