a program that makes it easier for the user
One of the two high-level modules required for a multi-user Udanax Green hypertext system. The frontend is responsible for presenting the information from the backend to the user on his or hers workstation. (See "backend".) It supports users in reading, creating, and editing information.
The frontend of a website is the part that you see on the screen: the graphics, the fill-in forms, the overall interface design. If you want to do more than display graphics and text you will also need a Backend.
A computer running the presentation server software.