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Tele-Communication (Telecom) Terms Glossary and Dictionary
Backbone Cabling
Backbone Cabling refers to a portion of premises telecommunications cabling that provides connections between telecommunications closets, equipment rooms and entrance facilities. It consists of the transmission media (optical fiber cable), main and intermediate cross-connects, and terminations for the horizontal cross-connect, equipment rooms, and entrance facilities. Backbone cabling, sometimes called backbone wiring, can further be classified as inter-building backbone (cabling between buildings), or intrabuilding backbone (cabling within a building).
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