[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

front-end processor
     
        fep 1. a small computer necessary to enable an ibm
        mainframe using sna to communicate beyond the limits of
        the dinosaur pen.
     
        2. a small computer controlling the screen and keyboard of a
        symbolics 3600 lisp machine.
     
     
see also:
ibm mainframe sna dinosaur pen symbolics 3600 lisp machine 

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