back-end application
Definition
Computer program (such as server software) that remains in the background, or resides on a server located in a back room. A user, generally, interfaces only with a front-end application and rarely (if ever) needs to access back-end applications (which normally remain 'transparent' to him or her).
back-end application is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Information Science & Technology subjects.
back-end application appears in the definition of the following term: front end application
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