front-ends

User-facing software interfaces

Front-ends is the plural of front-end, referring to the user-facing parts of software systems—the interfaces people interact with rather than the underlying code and databases.

Web developers often specialize in front-end work: designing buttons, layouts, and visual elements.

She built the front-ends for three different apps last year.

The term also applies to the forward sections of vehicles or the initial phases of processes.

visual

typography

Arranging letters for display

contrast · grid · visual hierarchy · icons · branding · style guide · composition · imagery · graphics · aesthetics

interactivity

responsive

Quick to react

drag-and-drop · buttons · forms · animations · ajax · dynamic · widgets · menus · dropdowns · sliders

Opposites
system architecture position

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Non-visible system components

backends · server-side · back end · middleware · infrastructure

user interaction proximity

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Non-visible system components

background processes · hidden layers

physical/spatial position (non-technical)

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Non-visible system components

rear ends · tail ends · hindquarters · rears · posteriors

Family

front, end, fronts, fronted, fronting, frontal, frontage, frontline, ends

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