of or having to do with the routine internal functions of a business or institution
Origin of back-office
as distinguished from functions of the front officeback-office
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back office
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The internal operations of an organization that are not accessible or visible to the general public.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (idiomatic) The IT and infrastructure support services for a company, separate from the public face of the business.
- back of house
- barback
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back office - Computer Definition
(1) Systems that do not deal directly with the customer, such as inventory management and accounts payable. Contrast with front office. See back office application.
(2) (BackOffice) An earlier suite of network server software products from Microsoft that was licensed as a bundle. It was discontinued in 2001, but some of the underlying products remained. BackOffice included Windows NT Server, SQL Server, Systems Management Server (SMS), SNA Server and Mail Server.
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back office - Investment & Finance Definition
Departments that manage banks or financial companies’ accounting, administrative, information technology, and trading settlement operations. Those departments support the firms’ trading and underwriting activities but do not interact with clients. Typically, back offices are located in office space that is away from prime real estate, where the company’s headquarters are.
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