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BACKBONE CABAL

\bˈakbə͡ʊn kɐbˈal], \bˈakbə‍ʊn kɐbˈal], \b_ˈa_k_b_əʊ_n k_ɐ_b_ˈa_l]\

Definitions of BACKBONE CABAL

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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A group of large-site administrators who pushedthrough the Great Renaming and reined in the chaos ofUsenet during most of the 1980s. The cabal mailing listdisbanded in late 1988 after a bitter internal cat-fight.

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
By Denis Howe

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