Frontier

:This article is about the Frontier term. For the computer game, see Frontier (computer game). For the games developer see Frontier Developments.

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In the United States and Canada, the frontier was the term applied until the end of the 19th century to the zone of unsettled land outside the region of existing settlements of European immigrants and their descendants. In a broad sense, the notion of the frontier was the edge of the settled country where unlimited cheap land was available to anyone willing to live the hard but independent life of the pioneer farmer.

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Throughout the history of both countries, the expansion of settlement was largely from the east to the west, and thus the frontier is often identified with western areas of both countries. Many areas along the Pacific coast were, however, settled long before areas in the interior of North America, and thus in the later half of the 19th century, the frontier existed largely in the continental interior.

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Frontier and front are both derived from the Latin "frons," (forehead, front, facade). 'Frontier' was borrowed into English from French in the 15th century with the meaning "borderland," the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches). The use of frontier to mean "a region at the edge of a settled area" is a special North American development. (Compare the Australian "outback".)

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Frontier (computer game): Frontier is a computer game written by David Braben and published by Gametek, as a sequel to Braben's earlier game Elite. It is available for (at least) Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC computers....

Frontier Developments: :This article is about Frontier Developments. For the term see Frontier....

United States: :For other uses, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation)....

Frontier related Images and Photos (experimental)

Quincannon, Frontier Scout	New Frontier	Hyperspace (Final Frontier) (DVD)	Final Frontier Voyager
Frontier Pony Express 1939	Justice League:New Frontier: SE (DVD)	Justice League: New Frontier (DVD)	Pokemon Battle Frontier Box 2
Pokemon Battle Frontier Box 1	Buckskin Frontier 1943	The Lawless Frontier	Justice League: The New Frontier (BD)