What Does Backbone Cabal Mean?
In IT, the term “backbone cabal” is used to describe a group of administrators active on the Usenet forum during the 1980s. This cabal is credited with performing the Great Renaming, a massive renaming of Usenet groups, and other kinds of control and development of the internet during the Usenet era.
Techopedia Explains Backbone Cabal
The Usenet forum exploded at the end of the 1970s, and system administration became rather complex. Administrators organized lists of Usenet sites and tried to collaborate and manage this massive internet forum.
