A front-end processor (FEP) is generally a computer or processing unit that produces and manipulates data before another computer or processor receives it. (A processor is generally a shortened name for a microprocessor or a central processing unit...

A front end processor (FEP), or a communications processor, is a small-sized computer which interfaces to the host computer a number of networks, such as SNA, or a number of peripheral devices, such as terminals, disk units, printers and tape units....

First impressions count for a great deal, even in the digital world of computer interfaces. The XML front-end processor you choose to support your XML Web Services applications can make life easy--or hard--for the client software that needs to communicate with your server...

By Charles J. Murray Enables desktop color copy speeds of 40 pages per minute Up until recently, if you wanted a high-speed color copier or printer capable of cranking out more than 40 pages per minute, you would have needed an...