The main communication channel of a digital network. The part of a network that handles the major traffic (Employs the highest-speed transmission paths in the network and may also run the longest distances. Smaller networks are attached to the backbone, and networks that connect directly to the end user or customer are called "access networks." A backbone can span a geographic area of any size from a single building to an office complex to an entire country. Or, it can be as small as a backplane in a single cabinet)

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backbone abbr.
libr.	costa; costola; dorso
mater.sc. energ.ind. mech.eng.	spina dorsale
med.	colonna rachidea; rachide


router abbr.
commun. IT	reindirizzatore
commun. IT engl.	router
industr.	modanatrice
IT	dispositivo di instradamento; instradatore