Intranet

An intranet is a private computer network within an organization, generally based on standard Internet protocols. Rather than use the Internet, an intranet usually keeps data on a computer server that is part of company’s private Local Area Network for access only by persons who have access to that network. In most cases an intranet cannot be reached from the Internet. An intranet will frequently include features common to the Internet such as e-mail, websites and FTP file transfers.