Intranet

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intranet
       n : a restricted computer network; a private network created
           using World Wide Web software

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  intranet
       
           Any {network} which provides similar services
          within an organisation to those provided by the {Internet}
          outside it but which is not necessarily connected to the
          Internet.  The commonest example is the use by a company of
          one or more {World-Wide Web} servers on an internal {TCP/IP}
          network for distribution of information within the company.
       
          Since about 1995, intranets have become a major growth area in
          corporate computing due to the availability of cheap or free
          commercial {browser} and {web server} software which allows
          them to provide a simple, uniform {hypertext} interface to
          many kinds of information and {application programs}.
       
          Some companies give limited access to their intranets to other
          companies or the general public.  This is known as an
          "{extranet}".
       
          (1997-07-14)