An intranet is a private computer network that uses
Internet protocols,
network connectivity to securely share part of an organization's information or operations with its employees. Sometimes the term refers only to the most visible service, the internal
website. The same concepts and technologies of the
Internet such as
clients and
servers running on the
Internet protocol suite are used to build an intranet.
HTTP and other Internet protocols are commonly used as well, such as
FTP. There is often an attempt to use Internet technologies to provide new interfaces with corporate "legacy" data and information systems.
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