It is the hardware and the software which prepare the vis-a-vis the computer data processing.
For example, separating the data input-output processing whose speed is slow in comparison withdata processing from the hostcomputer, when it installs the computer and the telecommunication control unit which do the communications control and data format conversion such as line control and synchronous maintenance and error check, this you call the front end processor, (in case of the computer, even the front end computer you say). The load regarding communication being lightened, it can devote to data processing the host computer with this.
In addition the program which converts ?? to alphabet and the Chinese character etc. which are input from the keyboard in US, (the kana Chinese character input software) thing, was called indian input FEP. In this case, when you see from OS and the application software, you can call the meaning, program which prepares the data. Presently as for the program which does Chinese character conversion, IME (input method editor), IM (input method) with there is many a thing which is called.
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