Small and midsize businesses make up the backbone of our economy.
How we can save small business from coronavirus-induced extinction|matthewheimer|September 10, 2020|Fortune
Though new coins and privacy technologies have been emerging for years, Bitcoin and its public ledger remain “the backbone of the cryptocurrency economy,” says Janczewski.
North Korean hackers steal billions in cryptocurrency. How do they turn it into real cash?|Patrick O'Neill|September 10, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Italy’s luxury sector is dominated by world-renowned brands from Gucci to Valentino and Versace, but it is tens of thousands of small family businesses that form the backbone of the country’s $93 billion fashion and leather industry.
Can Italy’s Fashion Artisans Survive COVID?|Charu Kasturi|August 30, 2020|Ozy
The state and federal government cannot continue to leave behind the essential workers and taxpayers that serve as the backbone of our economy.
Sacramento Report: Ethnic Studies Dispute Pits CSU Against Lawmakers|Sara Libby and Maya Srikrishnan|July 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The tech giants’ fingerprints, brain power and dollars are all over the invisible backbone of the global internet.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 11)|Singularity Hub Staff|July 11, 2020|Singularity Hub
She had been, he says, the backbone of their family and losing her shifted their entire emotional landscape.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With a backbone of steel, she matched her husband in intelligence, perseverance, and strength of spirit.
‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas|Nick Kotz|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That timeline can serve as the backbone for the story our data tells.
The Best Quantified Self Site You Haven’t Heard Of|Jamie Todd Rubin|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Freedom will seep into the bedrock as we rediscover our backbone.
Market Leninism vs. the West|John Avlon|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The INF Treaty is the backbone of protecting Europe from nuclear threats,” said a senior GOP Senate aide.
U.S. Knew Russia Violated Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty|Josh Rogin|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A tail, however, may be found by carefully passing the finger over the flat slope in a line with the backbone.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 2|David Collins
The granite, the unstratified rocks, form the backbone of the continent; they are the underlying rocks.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883|The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
The Kid announced that he could feel his backbone sawing at the front of his shirt.
The River and I|John G. Neihardt
At the end of a week Breed's old home was more than a hundred miles behind and146 he was well up in the backbone of the hills.
The Yellow Horde|Hal G. Evarts
His head began to spin and strange lights flashed before his eyes, while chills crept up and down his backbone.
Fighting in Cuban Waters|Edward Stratemeyer
British Dictionary definitions for backbone
backbone
/ (ˈbækˌbəʊn) /
noun
a nontechnical name for spinal column
something that resembles the spinal column in function, position, or appearance
strength of character; courage
the main or central mountain range of a country or region
nauticalthe main longitudinal members of a vessel, giving structural strength
computing(in computer networks) a large-capacity, high-speed central section by which other network segments are connected
The primary line(s) that connects the slower, shorter cable portions of a communications network together. (See last mile.) In larger networks, such as the Internet, a backbone consists of high-capacity, high-speed lines that can extend over great distances.