backend

backend

In software development, the backend is the portion of an application that handles the logic and data management, and is typically responsible for storing, retrieving, and transmitting data to and from the database and other systems. The backend communicates with the frontend, which is the user-facing part of the application, through a set of APIs or other mechanisms. The backend is written in server-side languages such as Java, Python, or PHP, and is run on a server.