• Posted by PRO-Webs, Support
• 16 September 2009
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Backbone is a term for a high speed network or networks that are connected every network of a single company. The basic parts of a network are the hardware devices used to connect the backbone network to the other networks and the network cable. The hardware includes switches, gateways, brouters,routers, bridges and hubs. The cable is pretty much the same as in a LAN's except it is of a higher quality for it needs to provide higher data rates.