S: (n) backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together) "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
S: (n) backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together) "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
S: (n) ground, earth (a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage))
S: (n) hitch (a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls)
S: (n) hookup (a device providing a connection between a power source and a user) "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers"
S: (n) jumper (a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections)
S: (n) slip ring (connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts)
S: (n) fabric, cloth, material, textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers) "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
S: (n) matter (that which has mass and occupies space) "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
S: (n) substance (material of a particular kind or constitution) "the immune response recognizes invading substances"