Therefore, O children of the earthquake and the storm, let us stand shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, and pocket to pocket. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context. It has also been asserted that the stripe on each shoulder is sometimes double.
This is usually via the telephone network. However, some people connect to the Internet using satellites, fibre-optic cables or radio waves (Wi-Fi). Not that long ago, computers were the only devices that most people could use to connect to the internet.
What Internet and Network Backbones Do. In computer networking, a backbone is a central conduit designed to transfer network traffic at high speeds. Backbones connect local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) together. Network backbones are designed to maximize the reliability and performance of large-scale, long-distance data communications.