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Internet vs. Intranet
Internet
/ˈɪntənet/Examples:
I buy jeans on the Internet.Researching online saved a lot of time.We met in an Internet forum.
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This word has no antonymsIntranet
Examples:
Our company has a secure intranet for internal communication.Documents were uploaded to the intranet for easy access.The intranet hosts all our department's essential tools.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- The internet is a global network, while an intranet is a private network within an organization.
- Think of inter in internet as international or between, implying a connection to the wider world.
- Intranet begins with intra, which means within, indicating it's used internally.
- The internet is accessible to anyone with a connection and the intranet is restricted to a specific group's users.
- To connect to an intranet, you typically need credentials, unlike the open access of the internet.
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