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Noun
/ˈbakˌbōn/,
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backbones, plural;
  1. The series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the pelvis; the spine

  2. The spine of a book

  3. The main chain of a polymeric molecule

  4. The chief support of a system or organization; the mainstay
    • - these firms are the backbone of our industrial sector
  5. Strength of character; firmness
    • - he has the backbone to see us through this difficulty
  6. A high-speed, high-capacity digital connection which forms the axis of a local or wide area network

  1. 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"
  2. fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
  3. spinal column: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
  4. 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"
  5. the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
  6. Backbone is an album by the American rock band Backbone, a trio led by former Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Their only album, it was released by Grateful Dead Records on January 13, 1998. It contains ten original songs, plus a version of the Grateful Dead tune "New Speedway Boogie".
  7. The British Telecom microwave network was a network of point-to-point microwave radio links in the United Kingdom, operated at first by the General Post Office, and subsequently by its successor BT plc. ...
  8. In organic chemistry, the backbone chain of a polymer is the series of covalently bonded atoms that together create the continuous chain of the molecule.
  9. Backbone (Kičma), is a 1975 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Vlatko Gilić. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
  10. The Dungeon Family is a hip hop/R&B/soul musical collective, based in Atlanta, Georgia and specializing in Southern hip hop with heavy funk and soul influences. ...
  11. The Internet backbone refers to the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected networks and core routers in the Internet. ...
  12. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals; any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure; courage, fortitude, or strength
  13. (Backbones) High-speed communications links used to enable Internet communications across a country and internationally.
  14. A cable to which multiple nodes or workstations are attached.
  15. 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.
  16. The Internet’s backbone consists of many different networks (sometimes called the ‘junk in the trunk’) that carry the majority of online traffic to smaller regional ISPs. Problems with the backbone can result in slower or failed delivery of websites and ads.
  17. A book's backstrap, backstrip or spine.
  18. A very-high-speed network spanning the world from one major metropolitan area to another. Such networks are typically provided by national Internet service providers (ISPs). Local ISPs connect to the backbone in order to transport data.
  19. The main structure of a polymer onto which substituents are attached.
  20. A central network connecting other networks together. Formerly a network run by the National Science Foundation for the US, there are now multiple backbones run by commercial providers such as MCI, Sprint, UUNET, and AT&T.
  21. network consisting of a number of very high bandwidth links to which other, smaller networks are connected (including metropolitan networks).
  22. The pipe or box like sub-structure that supports the rails on a steel coaster.
  23. The Central network infrastructure of the Internet is often referred to as the backbone and its allows data to travel from one network to another.
  24. Backbone is the communication channel that is used to carry the heady load traffic between the ISPs.
  25. The continuous covalent path through a molecule. For polypeptides, the backbone includes all peptide bonds, alternating with alpha carbons, plus disulphide bonds. ...