The backbone is the

vertebral column The vertebral column, also known as the backbone or spine, is part of the axial skeleton. The vertebral column is the defining characteristic of a vertebrate in which the notochord (a flexible rod of uniform composition) found in all chordate ...

of a vertebrate.

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film

* ''Backbone'' (1923 film), a 1923 lost silent film starring Alfred Lunt * ''Backbone'' (1975 film), a 1975 Yugoslavian drama directed by Vlatko Gilić

Music

Albums

* ''Backbones'' (album), a 2004 Wishbone Ash compilation album * ''Backbone'' (Backbone album), 1998 * ''Backbone'' (Boney James album), 1993 * ''Backbone'' (Roam album), 2016 * ''Backbone'' (Anthony Callea album), 2016 * ''Backbone'' (Status Quo album), 2019

Songs

* "

At the End of the Day / Backbone "At the End of the Day / Backbone" is a double A-side single by Baby Animals. It was released in October 1993 as the second single from their second studio album ''Shaved and Dangerous'' (1993). The song peaked at number 60 on the ARIA Chart. "At ...

", 1993 song by Baby Animals * "Backbone", 2005 song by Gojira from the album '' From Mars to Sirius'' * "Backbone" (Daughtry song), 2018 song by American rock band Daughtry

Other music

* Backbone, a rock band led by former Grateful Dead drummer

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Backbone (solitaire), a solitaire game * ''Backbone'' (magazine), a Canadian business magazine * Backbone One (gaming device), a hardware and software platform * ''Backbone'' (video game), a 2021 indie video game *

Backbone Entertainment Backbone Entertainment was an American video game developer based in Emeryville, California. The company was formed in 2003 as the result of a merger between developers Digital Eclipse and ImaginEngine. In 2005, Backbone merged with The Collec ...

, a video game development company

Places

Backbone, Virginia Backbone is an unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Americ ...

, US * European backbone, or "Blue Banana", a geographic corridor of urbanisation in Western Europe * Backbone State Park, oldest state park in Iowa, US

Science and technology

Backbone chain In polymer science, the polymer chain or simply backbone of a polymer is the main chain of a polymer. Polymers are often classified according to the elements in the main chains. The character of the backbone, i.e. its flexibility, determines the ...

, in polymer chemistry, the framework of the molecule *

Backbone network A backbone or core network is a part of a computer network which interconnects networks, providing a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks. A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same buildin ...

, the top level of a hierarchical computer network *

Internet backbone The Internet backbone may be defined by the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected computer networks and core routers of the Internet. These data routes are hosted by commercial, government, academic and other high-ca ...

, principal data routes between interconnected networks and core routers in the Internet * Backbone.js, a JavaScript library used to build applications

Other uses

Backbone (British radio communications network) The British Telecom microwave network was a network of point-to-point microwave radio links in the United Kingdom, operated at first by the General Post Office, and subsequently by its successor BT plc. From the late 1950s to the 1980s it provided a ...