Definition of intranet
: a network operating like the World Wide Web but having access restricted to a limited group of authorized users (such as employees of a company)
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In 2003, one year before Facebook was founded, a website called Facemash began nonconsensually scraping pictures of students at Harvard from the school’s intranet and asking users to rate their hotness.
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In conjunction with the announcement of the Westworld immersive activation at SXSW, the show’s official Twitter account posts a link to the Delos Destination intranet.
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Emory Healthcare employees should refer to the EHC intranet and to emails from Emory Healthcare for information on operations and procedures.
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Instructions posted on an employee intranet portal say the company’s confidential hotline is for accounting or securities issues, not for harassment complaints.
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WebVPN allows someone outside of a corporate network to connect to the corporate intranet and other network resources from within a secure browser session.
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Videos showing employees how to talk with bar staff and how to take pictures of cocktails for social media were posted on the company’s intranet and shared by email.
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Dupree, whose sister, Jacqueline Dupree, is the intranet editor at The Washington Post, returned home still groping for answers.
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South Korea said in December that Pyongyang had broken into the South Korean military intranet and leaked confidential information.
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First Known Use of intranet
1977
INTRANET Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of intranet for English Language Learners
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computers : a network that works like the Internet but can only be used by certain people (such as the employees of a company)
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Nglish: Translation of intranet for Spanish speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about intranet
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