networking Any
network which provides similar services
within an organisation to those provided by the
Internetoutside it but which is not necessarily connected to the
Internet. The commonest example is the use by a company of
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
them to provide a simple, uniform
hypertext interface to
Some companies give limited access to their intranets to other
companies or the general public. This is known as an
(1997-07-14)