Backhaul

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  • noun. Cargo or freight that is transported on the return trip of a journey.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The transmission of video or audio signals in an unedited format directly to a network or studio, usually by satellite.
  • noun. The material so transmitted.
  • noun. The part of a telecommunications network that connects the main body of the network with smaller subnetworks.
  • transitive verb. To transmit (traffic on a telecommunications network) from the main network to smaller subnetworks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
  • noun. A return trip after delivery of cargo.
  • noun. travel to a destination via a further point than the destination. (higher intermediate point)
  • Word Usage
    "Slattery said instead of building fibre-to-the-home in cities, where residents already had access to two cable networks and ADSL2+ infrastructure, the NBN project should focus on what he called the backhaul and distribution networks to locations such as schools and hospitals."
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