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Intranet
Intranet
A local area network which may not be connected to the Internet, but may have some similar functions. Some organizations have set up World Wide Web servers on their own internal networks so employees have access to the organization's Web documents.
by Constanza Bacca & Pedro Willging
Intranet (1) An in-house Web site that serves the employees of the enterprise. Although intranet pages may link to the Internet, an intranet is not a site accessed by the general public. Ê ÊUsing programming languages such as Java, client/server applications can be built on intranets. Since Web browsers that support Java run under Windows, Mac and UNIX, such programs also provide cross-platform capability.Ê Intranets use the same communications protocols and hypertext links as the Web and thus provide a standard way of disseminating information internally and extending the application worldwide at the same time. See network computer and extranet. Ê (2) The term as originally coined in the definition above has become so popular that it is often used to refer to any in-house LAN and client/server system.
by Steve Ramsdell
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