full-stack

adjective

Skilled at, or relating to, multiple software layers such as operating system and user interface.

“He said that Eclipse is a full-stack IDE for Java developers.”

Meanings

adjectivefull-stack (not comparable)

alternative full stack

  1. not comparablesoftware developerSkilled at, or relating to, multiple software layers such as operating system and user interface.

    He said that Eclipse is a full-stack IDE for Java developers.

    2 more examples

    I'd like to hire a full-stack developer to complete both the front end and the back end of our new website.

    Li co-founded Baidu in 2000 as a search engine but has since transformed the firm into one of China’s top full-stack AI companies, offering everything from chips and cloud infrastructure to models, agents, applications, and consumer products.

    2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in TIME, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2026

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 全棧 /全栈, 全端
  • 全棧 /全栈 (quánzhàn)Skilled at or relating to multiple software layers
  • 全端 (quánduān)Skilled at or relating to multiple software layers
Finnish koko pinon, kokonaissovellus-
  • koko pinonSkilled at or relating to multiple software layers
  • kokonaissovellus-Skilled at or relating to multiple software layers
  • täyspinonSkilled at or relating to multiple software layers
  • full stackSkilled at or relating to multiple software layers
German Full-Stack-
  • Full-Stack-Skilled at or relating to multiple software layers
Cite this entry
APA

full-stack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-stack

MLA

“full-stack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-stack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full-stack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-stack.

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