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Definitions of backbone network:

A high-capacity transmission facility or arrangement of such facilities designed to interconnect lower-speed channels or clusters. The NMS definition is a primary route from a control DSU or modem to its first tributary when the communications network contains extended controls.
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A transmission facility designed to interconnect, often lower-speed distribution networks, channels, or clusters of dispersed terminals or devices.
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A high capacity electronic trunk connecting lower capacity networks, eg, NSFNET backbone
www.nitrd.gov/pubs/bluebooks/1995/section.5.html
telecommunication network which is used to transmit integrated information among many users
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A network that connects other networks.
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The main segment of a network to which all other segments are connected. It may link multiple workgroup LANs together in a building, or several networks in a campus.
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A local area network like the ACCC's ADN, which acts primarily as a conduit for traffic to and from other networks.
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Primary connectivity mechanism of a hierarchical, distributed network. Ensures that all systems that have connectivity to an intermediate system on the backbone have connectivity to one another.
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The electronic spine that joins multiple networks together, including the Internet, most commonly via T1 lines.
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