Compounds. There are more carbon compounds than there are compounds of all other elements combined. The study of carbon compounds, both natural and synthetic, is called organic chemistry. Plastics, foods, textiles, and many other common substances contain carbon.
backplane is the shared capacity between interfaces on a switch switch fabric is also the shared capacity between interfaces on a switch and can also be the shared capacity between interfaces on multiple switches using some sort of interconnect, typically vendor specific.
Back-hack is the process of identifying attacks on a system and, if possible, identifying the origin of the attacks. Back hacking can be thought of as a kind of reverse engineering of hacking efforts, where security consultants and other professionals try to anticipate attacks and work on adequate responses. Read more.