# backend (backend)

The part of an app that runs on a server: it keeps data, checks logins and talks to other services.

**Analogy:** The kitchen of a restaurant.

**Example:** For example, checking that a user is signed in before saving a recipe to Neon happens on the backend.


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Source: [Agentic Makers](https://agenticmakers.app/en/glossary/backend) · License: CC BY 4.0