The part of a network that carries the majority of data traffic and connects smaller networks, or nodes, together to create larger ones.
Backbones usually transmit data at higher speeds than the rest of the network.
On large networks, such as the Internet, there may be more than one backbone, all of which span long distances. On smaller networks, the backbone is sometimes called the bus. The rate at which you can send or receive information through your connection to the Internet. Baud A communications transfer rate, similar to bits per second at lower speeds. Baud is the number of voltage or frequency changes made per second on a communications line, usually a phone line.