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1) "Intranet" -- As to intranet messaging in·tra·net Pronunciation: 'in-tr&-"net Function: noun : a network operating like the World Wide Web but having access restricted to a limited group of authorized users (as employees of a company) Pronunciation Symbols An intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet protocols, network connectivity, and possibly the public telecommunication system 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, especially FTP and e-mail. There is often an attempt to use Internet technologies to provide new interfaces with corporate 'legacy' data and information systems. Briefly, an intranet can be understood as "a private version of the Internet," or as a version of the internet confined to an organization. - 1 Extranets
- 2 Advantages
- 3 Disadvantages
- 4 Planning and creating an intranet
- 5 Industry examples
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| Intranets differ from "Extranets" in that the former is generally restricted to employees of the organization while extranets can generally be accessed by customers, suppliers, or other approved parties.[1] There doesn't necessarily have to be any access from the organization's internal network to the internet itself. When such access is provided it is usually through a gateway with a firewall, along with user authentication, encryption of messages, and often make use of virtual private networks (VPNs). Through such devices and systems off-site employees can access company information, computing resources and internal communications. Increasingly, intranets are being used to deliver tools and applications, e.g., collaboration (to facilitate working in groups and teleconferencing) or sophisticated corporate directori..."
2) "Messaging" -- As to intranet messaging 2message Function: verb Inflected Form(s): mes·saged; mes·sag·ing transitive verb 1 : to send as a message or by messenger 2 : to send a message to intransitive verb : to communicate by message Pronunciation Symbols Message in its most general meaning is an object of communication. It is something which provides information; it can also be this information itself. Therefore, its meaning is dependent upon the context in which it is used; the term may apply to both the information and its form. More precisely, in the communications science, a message is information which is sent from a source to a receiver. Some common definitions include: - Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain or secret language, prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication.
- An arbitrary amount of information whose beginning and end are defined or implied.
- Record information, a stream of data expressed in plain or encrypted language (notation) and prepared in a format specified for intended transmission by a telecommunications system.
- 1 In computer science
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- In the actor model, a message is an Actor that an Actor sends asynchronously to an Actor.
- In languages such as Smalltalk, a message is an object which specifies a request for action.
- Instant messaging
- Message Oriented Middleware
- Airmail
- Electronic mail
- Express mail
- Homing pigeons
- Instant messaging
- Radio
- Semaphore
- Smoke signals
- Steamshipping
- Telegraphy
- Telephony
- Television
- Text messaging
- Wind-powered shipping
- "Brief history" section adapted from Peter Saint-Andre "The Need For Speed"
- Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
- Federal Standard 1037C
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