These are either technical or specialized terms. A super-fast network communication system that can transfer data at speed of 155 or 622 megabits per second and faster. To achieve these speeds, data are divided into small packets of information that are sent along the fastest possible route. ATM is expected to be a widespread future network system with speeds approaching 10 Gbps. The part of a network that carries the majority of data traffic.
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 are interconnected and span long distances. The capacity a network or data connection has for transmitting data. Access to student information in the Banner system is available only to those with a legitimate educational need or institutional business purpose. The number of voltage or frequency changes made per second on a communications line, usually a phone line. See Bits Per Second.