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Definitions of Backbone:

anchor: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"
fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
spinal column: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
spine: the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
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A high-speed line (or a series of connections) that forms a major pathway within a network.
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A book's backstrap, backstrip or spine.
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The portion of a communications network that connects smaller, local networks to each other. The backbone is ordinarily assumed to carry the majority of the traffic within a network, but in fact the law of locality indicates that at least 80 percent of the traffic will remain in an invertebrate local area network.
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The primary connectivity mechanism of a hierarchical distributed system. All systems which have connectivity to an intermediate system on the backbone are assured of connectivity to each other. This does not prevent systems from setting up private arrangements with each other to bypass the backbone for reasons of cost, performance, or security.
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The back of a bound book; also called the spine.
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A high-speed line (or a series of connections) that forms a major pathway within a network. Bandwidth The amount of data you can send through a connection, usually measured in bits per second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast modem can move about 15,000 bits in one second. Banner An advertisements in the form of graphics (usually rectangular in shape) displayed on a Web page. When viewers click on a banner, they are taken to the advertiser's Web site. ...
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the underlying network communication conduit or line by which all main servers and devices are connected; backbone devices are typically servers, routers, hubs, and bridges; client computers are not connected directly to the backbone.
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A centralized high-speed network that interconnects smaller, independent networks.
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A cable to which multiple nodes or workstations are attached.
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The back of a bound book connecting the two covers: also called spine.
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The top level of a hierarchical network. The main pipes along which data is transferred. The "Internet backbone" is sometimes referred to, though it doesn't exist.
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Backbones are the main network connections that make up the Internet. They are made up of ultra-high speed lines and connections.
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A high-speed line or series of connections that forms a major pathway within a network. The term is relative as a backbone in a small network will likely be much smaller than many non-backbone lines in a large network.
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Used to denote those wines that are full-bodied, well-structured and balanced by a desirable level of acidity.
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In a network, a backbone is a larger transmission path into which smaller lines feed. At the enterprise level, a backbone is a line or set of lines that local area networks connect to for a wide area network connection or within a local area network to span distances efficiently (for example, between buildings).
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a central network connecting other networks together.
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A high-speed line or series of connections that forms a major pathway within a network. The term Internet backbone is often used to describe the main network connections composing the Internet.
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A central high-speed network established by a company or organisation for connecting independent sub-networks.
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A chain of small bones that run along the center of the back of a vertebrate. Also called the spine or spinal column.
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High speed communications channel connecting networks, often using optical fibre.
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Often used to describe wines with good acidity and structure
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The part of a network that acts as the primary path for traffic moving between, rather than within, networks.
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The part of a network that connects smaller segments of a network together - they carry high concentrations of data traffic between on ramps and off ramps of networks.
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A pathway or cable that joins multiple computers across small distances ( within the same building ) or multiple LAN's across long distances.
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A Backbone is a single long cable to which devices are attached to form a network. In the simplest case, the devices are computers and it forms a simple network.
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