So does the word "design". The terms are overloaded and get a different meaning depending on the context. In this case it's pretty clear we're talking about fr

So does the word "design". The terms are overloaded and get a different meaning depending on the context. In this case it's pretty clear we're talking about front-end as in "web front-end". The front-end/back-end distinction of a compiler is in another field entirely and means something completely different in the topic at hand.