intranet
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the internet.
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Origin of intranet
1Words that may be confused with intranet
- internet, intranet
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How to use intranet in a sentence
Prisoners are only allowed to use a tiny number of programs that might offer Zoom classes with outside teachers, or to browse an extremely limited set of whitelisted sites through intranets that are carefully cordoned off from the public internet.
Its components can be embedded on websites built with WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Splash and other platforms, but also on a customer’s internal intranet.
Introvoke raises $2.7M to power online events that can be embedded anywhere | Anthony Ha | April 23, 2021 | TechCrunchFounded by Goulding and Joe Lennon in 2017, Workvivo launched its employee communication platform in mid-2018 with the goal of helping companies create “an engaging virtual workplace” and replace the outdated intranet.
Inside Workvivo’s plans to take on Microsoft in the employee experience space | Mary Ann Azevedo | March 4, 2021 | TechCrunchMicrosoft tries to improve corporate intranet, Google will offer new smartphone health measurements and 23andMe is going public via SPAC.
After years of collaboration between teams worldwide, infrastructure for remote access to things like email and the corporate intranet was basically ready to go.
What Blizzard learned by making a hit video game from home | dzanemorris | November 24, 2020 | Fortune
According to a statement from Hewlett-Packard, he was doing IT work on the Navy-Marine Corps intranet network.
Investigators Search for Clues to What Motivated Navy Yard Shooter Aaron Alexis | Ben Jacobs, Miranda Green | September 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe spent the time surfing readymade coasters and checking the intranet for engineer availability.
Makers | Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for intranet
/ (ˈɪntrəˌnɛt) /
computing an internal network that makes use of internet technology
Origin of intranet
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for intranet
[ ĭn′trə-nĕt′ ]
A privately maintained computer network that only authorized persons can access. Many corporations and institutions, for example, communicate with employees or members through the use of a private intranet.
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