Italy has a smaller number of global multinational corporations than other economies of comparable size, but there is a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises, as in the Northern " industrial triangle " ( Milan-Turin-Genoa ), where there is an area of intense industrial and machinery production, notably in their several industrial districts, which are the backbone of the Italian industry.

Sprint's original GSM network still forms the backbone of T-Mobile's wireless network in the Baltimore-Washington area.

IS-IS also does not require Area 0 ( Area Zero ) to be the backbone area through which all inter-area traffic must pass.

A MAN usually interconnects a number of local area networks ( LANs ) using a high-capacity backbone technology, such as fiber-optical links, and provides up-link services to wide area networks ( or WAN ) and the Internet.

By convention, area 0 ( zero ) or < tt > 0. 0. 0. 0 </ tt > represents the core or backbone region of an OSPF network.

Each additional area must have a direct or virtual connection to the backbone OSPF area.

All other areas are connected to it, and inter-area routing happens via routers connected to the backbone area and to their own associated areas.

The backbone area is responsible for distributing routing information between nonbackbone areas.

All OSPF areas must connect to the backbone area.

Further assume that area 0. 0. 0. 2 has no direct connection to the backbone, but this area does have a connection to area 0. 0. 0. 1.

Area 0. 0. 0. 2 can use a virtual link through the transit area 0. 0. 0. 1 to reach the backbone.

By declaring the totally stubby area as NSSA, no external routes from the backbone, except the default route, enter the area being discussed.

An area border router ( ABR ) is a router that connects one or more areas to the main backbone network.

Backbone routers are all routers that are connected to the OSPF backbone, irrespective of whether they are also area border routers or internal routers of the backbone area.

Basic reference tools are the backbone of the collection, but there is also specialization in science and technology, an indicated weakness in local libraries.

These techniques also tend to form the backbone of most undergraduate analytical chemistry educational labs.

Credit for organizing the backbone about 1983 is commonly attributed to Gene " Spaf " Spafford, although it is also claimed by Mark Horton.

A beta strand ( also β strand ) is a stretch of polypeptide chain typically 3 to 10 amino acids long with backbone in an almost fully extended conformation.

Inorganic compounds are also found multitasking as biomolecules: as electrolytes ( sodium chloride ), in energy storage ( ATP ) or in construction ( the polyphosphate backbone in DNA ).

SuperJanet4 also saw an increase in the userbase of the Janet network, with the inclusion of the Further Education Community and the use of the SuperJanet4 backbone to interconnect schools ' networks.

Glycerophospholipids may be subdivided into distinct classes, based on the nature of the polar headgroup at the sn-3 position of the glycerol backbone in eukaryotes and eubacteria, or the sn-1 position in the case of archaebacteria .< center > PhosphatidylethanolamineExamples of glycerophospholipids found in biological membranes are phosphatidylcholine ( also known as PC, GPCho or lecithin ), phosphatidylethanolamine ( PE or GPEtn ) and phosphatidylserine ( PS or GPSer ).

Alkylating agents like mustard gas may also cause breakages in the DNA backbone.

For these reasons, and also reasons of economics, IP multicast is not, in general, used in the commercial Internet backbone.

Considering that the repeating units in the polymer backbone are often six-carbon monosaccharides, the general formula can also be represented as ( C < sub > 6 </ sub > H < sub > 10 </ sub > O < sub > 5 </ sub >)< sub > n </ sub > where 40 ≤ n ≤ 3000.

These three cities formed the backbone of the burgeoning movement, but there were also other scenes in a number of cities such as Brisbane and Boston.

The secondary structure may be also defined based on the regular pattern of backbone dihedral angles in a particular region of the Ramachandran plot ; thus, a segment of residues with such dihedral angles may be called a helix, regardless of whether it has the correct hydrogen bonds.

For example, the backbone is a common structure among all vertebrates such as fish, reptiles, and mammals, and the backbone also appears as one of the earliest structures laid out in all vertebrate embryos.

:: The type of network topology in which all of the nodes of the network are connected to a common transmission medium which has exactly two endpoints ( this is the ' bus ', which is also commonly referred to as the backbone, or trunk ) – all data that is transmitted between nodes in the network is transmitted over this common transmission medium and is able to be received by all nodes in the network simultaneously.

The FCC has also reviewed competition in the backbone market in its Section 706 proceedings which review whether advanced telecommunications are being provided to all Americans in a reasonable and timely manner.

Because of the enormous overlap between long-distance telephone networks and backbone networks, the largest long-distance voice carriers such as AT & T, MCI, Sprintl, and CenturyLink also own some of the largest Internet backbone networks.

In contrast, a large portion of the settlers encroaching on their territories and against whom the Cherokee ( and other Indians ) took most of their actions were Scots-Irish, Irish from Ulster of Scottish descent, a group which also provided the backbone for the forces of the Revolution ( a famous example of a Scots-Irishman doing the reverse is Simon Girty ).

It also owned the Tier 1 ISP UUNET, a major part of the Internet backbone.

MPR also serves as the radio backbone for the radio portion of the state's Emergency Broadcasting System, and as the backbone for the state's AMBER Alert System.

A series of linked carbon atoms is known as the carbon skeleton or carbon backbone.

The 5-carbon monosaccharide ribose is an important component of coenzymes ( e. g., ATP, FAD, and NAD ) and the backbone of the genetic molecule known as RNA.

It is in that year that Waldemar " Major " Fydrych, one of the movement's founders, proclaims the Socialist Surrealism Manifesto, which becomes the ideological backbone behind a gazette known as " The Orange Alternative.

Once linked in the protein chain, an individual amino acid is called a residue, and the linked series of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen atoms are known as the main chain or protein backbone.

In some later pterosaurs, the backbone over the shoulders fused into a structure known as a notarium, which served to stiffen the torso during flight, and provide a stable support for the scapula ( shoulder blade ).

Proline and glycine are sometimes known as " helix breakers " because they disrupt the regularity of the α helical backbone conformation ; however, both have unusual conformational abilities and are commonly found in turns.

The backbone of the Broncos was their defense, a unit known as the " Orange Crush ," which used a 3-4 formation anchored by four superb linebackers, including Randy Gradishar ( 3 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries ) and Tom Jackson ( 4 interceptions, 93 return yards, 1 touchdown ).

A large grassy area known as " the Cut " forms the backbone of the campus, with a separate grassy area known as " the Mall " running perpendicular.

* Vertebral column, commonly known as the backbone or spine, so named for its spinous processes

As Malaysia's premier IT hub, Cyberjaya has a communication backbone running primarily on fibre optics known as Cyberjaya Metro Fibre Network ( CMFN ).

It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of technology ( also known as technical colleges or polytechnics ).

Under the National Defense Act of 1935, promulgated by General Douglas MacArthur ( then newly appointed as commander in chief of the Philippine Commonwealth military ), the PC became the backbone of the Philippine Regular Army, later re-established after World War II and was known as both the Philippine Constabulary and as the Military Police Command.

This model is made by bending aluminum wires to form the backbone of the figure, known as an armature.

Dr. Young presided over a new team known as the " Hammond All-Stars ," played against many of the teams that would become the backbone of the American Professional Football Association that year ( including the Racine Cardinals, Detroit Heralds, Rock Island Independents, Minneapolis Marines, Cleveland Tigers, Canton Bulldogs, and Toledo Maroons ), and went to the meeting in Canton, Ohio at which the APFA was formed in 1920.

Their poems formed the backbone of what was to be known as the jian ' an style ( 建安風骨 ).

The side chain conformations with low energy are usually determined on the rigid polypeptide backbone and using a set of discrete side chain conformations known as " rotamers.

A chain of 14 towers, known as " backbone ", running from the Chilterns to Scotland and intended primarily for national defence in the Cold War, was first mentioned publicly in the 1955 Defence White Paper.

This system of administration, known as the mansabdari, was based on loyal service and cash payments and was the backbone of the Mughal Empire ; its effectiveness depended on personal loyalty to the emperor and his ability and willingness to choose, remunerate, and supervise.

WilTel Communications ( formerly known as Williams Communications, which was formerly part of The Williams Companies, Inc ) is a telco and Tier 2 Internet Service Provider with its own MPLS-enabled OC-192 optical wave division multiplexing backbone network.

A well known dichotomy is the question " does it have a backbone?

Another diplodocid dinosaur found near the original Supersaurus quarry, known from a backbone ( dorsal vertebra type specimen BYU 5750 ), was named Dystylosaurus edwini and is now also considered to be a specimen of Supersaurus vivianae.

The section of Taygetus that forms the backbone of the Mani Peninsula is also known as Saggias, and is often not considered part of Taygetus.