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单词 front-end system
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front-end system
a. An electronic device or computer system that supplies input or provides access to another device; the part of a computer system that a user deals with directly; spec. (in full front-end processor), a computer that processes or routes input for a central computer, e.g. in a multi-terminal system. Usually attributive, as front-end machine, front-end system, etc.
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1971 N. Chapin Computers xii. 313 Some subcenters are sufficiently extensive to be substantially free-standing complete computers, as suggested by the names given some types, such as peripheral or front-end processors.
1972 Sci. Amer. Sept. 126 The role of the communication-control unit varies with the system. It can act essentially as a computer and perform several functions, including routing commands and messages, checking errors and converting one data format to another. The unit is often called a front-end processor.
1975 Nature 16 Oct. 559/2 If that mini can also be connected in to a large mainframe computer as a ‘front-end machine’, then the tasks which can be carried out (particularly ‘number crunching’) can be that much more sophisticated and complex.
1976 Proc. 1975 IFAC-IFIP Workshop Real-Time Programming 165/1 The logical restructuring of the network which will accompany the replacement of the existing front-end by a twin-processor Interdata 85 system is described.
1979 J. E. Rowley Mechanised In-house Information Syst. i. 66 A minicomputer can be used in any one of the following three modes: a) in a stand-alone system..b) in a front-end system, where the minicomputer exerts control over the communications between several remote terminals and the main frame computer; and c) as part of a network.
1981 Electronics 24 Mar. 175/1 Designed primarily as a front-end system for a 32- or 48-channel logic analyzer, it can also operate as a stand-alone emulator.
1981 ABA Banking Jrnl. May 61/2 Virtually all major brokers have automated their order entry process. Many have also developed the ability to interface these front-end systems with clearing banks.
1983 Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Nov. 45/1 The university computering services centre..has..models from the PDP-11/40 to 11/70 as front ends to the larger processors.
1986 Pract. Computing Oct. 107/1 There are no trimmings in the form of a neat front end, and a proper menu and linking arrangement would much improve the package.
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