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Let's start by introducing today's term:
Backbone. A network backbone is the part of the network that interconnects the switches. There are two types of backbones: distributed backbones and collapsed backbones.

Distributed backbones are networks where all switches are connected to all other switches via a common cabling or protocol design. This was the original design of FDDI.

A collapsed backbone, which is the type most often used today, refers to a networking design where all network switches collapse, or connect to, a single switch or group of switches. Collapsed backbones are part of the structured wiring design. In a structured wiring design, the IDFs all collapse into an MDF.
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