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ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> "Backend" is not a word.  RMS suggests to use "back end", while
> "back-end" is found in FOLDOC.  What should we write?  Opinions?

Use the same term as the Emacs manual.  Currently, the Emacs manual
uses both "backend", "back end" and "back-end", all refering to VC
back ends.  If RMS suggests using "back end", that is probably the
term he has standardized on for the Emacs manual.