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>>>>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:17:42 -0400, ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> said:

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

I think "backend" is a locally (to gnus) defined term.  It means
something different than the generic "back end" description

I don't think we should change everything away from "backend" to "back
end" just so that a spelling checker runs cleanly on the document with
only "gnus" added to the personal dictionary.

IMHO,
Wes

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