Differentiate between Internet, intranet,and extranet?

Answer 1

Internet: Worldwide network of computers and the backbone telecommunications lines necessary to transmit information across the network. You're using it now. The internet is short for INTERconnected NETwork.

Intranet: A private network that functions like the Internet (client/server, browsing, email) but functions only within a company or organization. Email may not be sent outside the network, browsers only work on servers within the network (outside sites may not be accessed, etc.). Not necessarily physically confined to one location, but limited to one entity (a company, organization, etc.)

Extranet -- network set up within a company but which allows customers/clients outside the company to access it. One example of this is Federal Express -- they have a package tracking function that allows customers outside to connect to the company's internal network and track their shipments.

Hope this helps! :-)

Answer 2

Intranet - a mini "internet", available only to the members of a network. For example, a company has its own intranet... Web pages only for them

Internet - You are alredy here

Extranet - In the same example of the intranet, whatever is not intranet is extranet... for example internet....

Answer 3

Internet is a network of networks open to anyone at a node (access)

Intranet is for internal use only. This network serves employees

Extranet is a network for external users only (such as customers or partners). They access the extranet via the internt.

Answer 4

Internet is what you are using right now. It allows you to access web pages and what not.
Intranet it within a company or a school. It links all the computers together. Thats why you can print off of one printer from like 40 computers. It allows you to email other users in that network like at school or work.
never heard of extranet.

Answer 5

internet is the worldwide web
intranet is an internal (for example a company) web access for corporate sites etc.
extranet is like an intranet only on a larger scale. generally linking a group of intranets for client/customers and file sharing

Answer 6

internet is world wide, www
inTRAnet is something localy like let say in my company we use intRAnet only for our employees to use 1 website that is on intranet.

extranet?

Answer 7

Internet -Communication of all computers not related to a private network

Intranet-Communication of private networked computers such as a work based environment.

Extranet-Combination of private networked computers that use the Internet as well.

There's a lot more technical details that should be understood here, but basically, that the sum of it.

Answer 8

internet = what you are hooking up from home.
intranet = in your company computer network, between locations of your computer network.
extranet = never heard of it.

Answer 9

only the spelling mistake

LOL

I dont now

Answer 10

c'mon folks, do you really think this a legitimate question?