BACKBONE


Meaning of BACKBONE in English

1. The high- traffic -density connectivity portion of any communications network . ( 188 ) 2. In packet -switched networks, a primary forward-direction path traced sequentially through two or more major relay or switching stations. Note: In packet-switched networks, a backbone consists primarily of switches and interswitch trunks.

Telecommunication standard terms English vocab.      Английский словарь стандартных телекоммуникационных терминов.