Intranet

Contrary to popular belief, this is not simply a misspelling of "Internet". An Intranet is an internal or private Internet used strictly within the confines of a company, university, etc. If you care for a little etemology, "inter" is a prefix meaning "between or among," and "intra" means "within". Hence the difference between the Internet and an Intranet. Up until the last few years, most corporations used networks composed of expensive proprietary hardware and software. Now, using basic Internet technology, intranets have made internal communication much easier and less expensive. Intranets use a TCP/IP connection, just like the average home Internet user does. The documents in an Intranet are also HTML-based, which is what allows them to be accessed using a web browser like Netscape Communicator. Now that you know the difference between the Internet and an intranet, you can go around telling people on the street what you know and impress them. Alright!