Backend Architecture

Definitions

1. The structural design of server-side systems, including services, databases, queues, APIs, background workers, and their interactions. Backend architecture determines how data flows, where state lives, and how the system scales, fails, and evolves over time.

   In plain English: The design of the server-side parts of an application and how they work together.

   Example: "The new backend architecture split synchronous request handling from asynchronous fulfillment so spikes in webhook traffic stopped overwhelming the main API nodes."

Related Terms

• Data Access Layer
• Data Access Object
• Data Binding
• Data Flow
• Data Layer
• Data Loader
• Software Architecture
• Architecture Style
• Centralized Architecture