backbone site n.,obs.
Formerly, a key Usenet and email
site, one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic,
especially if it is the home site of any of the regional
coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of
early 1993, when this sense of the term was beginning to pass out
of general use due to wide availability of cheap Internet
connections, included uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers
University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories,
Ohio State University, and the University of Texas. Compare
rib site, leaf site.
[1996 update: This term is seldom heard any more. The UUCP network
world that gave it meaning has nearly disappeared; everyone is on
the Internet now and network traffic is distributed in very
different patterns. Today one might see references to a `backbone
router' instead --ESR]
Formerly, a key Usenet and email
site, one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic,
especially if it is the home site of any of the regional
coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of
early 1993, when this sense of the term was beginning to pass out
of general use due to wide availability of cheap Internet
connections, included uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers
University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories,
Ohio State University, and the University of Texas. Compare
rib site, leaf site.
[1996 update: This term is seldom heard any more. The UUCP network
world that gave it meaning has nearly disappeared; everyone is on
the Internet now and network traffic is distributed in very
different patterns. Today one might see references to a `backbone
router' instead --ESR]
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- backbone site: n. A key USENET and email site; one that processes
a large amount of third-party traffic,
especially if it is the home site of any of the... - leaf site n.,obs.
Before pervasive TCP/IP, this term
was used of a machine that merely originated and read Usenet news
or mail,
and did not relay any third-party traffic. It was... - rib site n.
[by analogy with backbone site] A machine
that has an on-demand high-speed link to a backbone site and
serves as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party
traffic in email and Usenet news.
Compare leaf site, backbone site... - rib site: [by analogy with {backbone site}] n. A machine that
has an on-demand high-speed link to a {backbone site} and serves
as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party traffic in
email and USENET news.
Compare {leaf site}, {backbone site}. -- The AI Hackers... - leaf site: n. A machine that merely originates and reads USENET
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and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often... - Internet n.
The mother of all networks. First
incarnated beginning in 1969 as the ARPANET,
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[common] Front-panel
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esp. a dinosaur. Now that dinosaurs are rare, this... - spam vt.,vi.,n.
[from "Monty Python's Flying
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[from `Users'
Network';
the original spelling was USENET, but the mixed-case...
