The backbone is the vertebral column 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", 1993 song by Baby Animals * "Backbone", 2005 song by Gojira from the album ''

From Mars to Sirius ''From Mars to Sirius'' is the third studio album by the French progressive metal/technical death metal band Gojira. It is a concept album addressing environmental issues and the rebirth of a dead planet through a space travel storyline, with t ...

'' * "Backbone" (Daughtry song), 2018 song by American rock band Daughtry

Other music

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

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Backbone (solitaire) Backbone is a unique and difficult solitaire game using two decks of playing cards. The object of this game is to move all cards to the Foundations.Schaffer, L. "How to Play Backbone Solitaire." Hobby Hub 360. HELIUM, INC., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. ...

, 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, 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 The Blue Banana (also known as the European Megalopolis or the Liverpool–Milan Axis) is a discontinuous corridor of urbanization spreading over Western and Central Europe, with a population of around 111 million. The conceptualisation of the ...

, or "Blue Banana", a geographic corridor of urbanisation in Western Europe *

Backbone State Park Backbone State Park is Iowa's oldest state park, dedicated in 1919. Located in the valley of the Maquoketa River, it is approximately three miles (5 km) south of Strawberry Point in Delaware County. It is named for a narrow and steep ri ...

, oldest state park in Iowa, US

Science and technology

* Backbone chain, in polymer chemistry, the framework of the molecule * Backbone network, the top level of a hierarchical computer network * Internet backbone, principal data routes between interconnected networks and core routers in the Internet *

Backbone.js Backbone.js is a JavaScript rich-client web app framework based on the model–view–controller design paradigm, intended to connect to an API over a RESTful JSON interface. Backbone is known for being lightweight, as its only hard dependency i ...

, 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 ...