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.
gen.	espinazo
book.bind.	nervura
commun. IT	red troncal
dril.	cadena principal
inet.	eje central; columna vertebral; eje troncal
libr.	lomo; lomo del libro
mater.sc. energ.ind. mech.eng.	espina dorsal