I have a question. Something that's bothered me for a while.<p>I work at a web agency work in France. We work in French but often use English words like "wireframes", "benchmark", "reporting" or "responsive".<p>The admin area of say a Drupal website is usually referred to as the "back office". I find this odd and claimed, admittedly based on anecdotal evidence, that this is a uniquely French usage of this term. Or at least that it's very uncommon in the anglophone world.<p>I realize that "back office" is common in finance but do people use it in your region to refer to the admin area of a website as well? Have I been been away from an anglophone region for so long that I've somehow missed this?<p>Please answer with at least a Yes/No and country.
I have a client in the US (Illinois) who calls their custom admin panels the "back room" or sometimes "back end". For example, they will say something like "We'll just create the account in the back room". We always work in English. I cannot say I have encountered "back office", but it doesn't sound too awkward. I wouldn't be surprised by an admin panel being called the "back office", although personally I usually use the term "admin panel" since it's quick and less ambiguous.
I think I've only heard that term while shopping for a car (the salesmen kept saying he'd have to clear the deal through the "back office")...he was lying...but anyway...<p>No, in terms of websites/apps, I've never heard that term used. If I encountered that term on a site I would assume that the copywriter wasn't from the US.