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Definition of Extranet
1. Noun. (computing) A private computer network that uses Internet protocols and can be accessed by authorized individuals via the Internet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extranet
1. an intranet that permits limited access by outsiders [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extranet
Literary usage of Extranet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. OECD Information Technology Outlook: ICTs and the Information Economy by Graham Vickery (2002)
"... A pattern that emerges from the available surveys is that different applications (eg
Web, extranet, EDI1 are used for different business processes. ..."
2. International Electronic Commerce: Definitions and Policy Implications edited by Emil Friberg, Loren Yager (2001)
"Although the Internet is in the public domain, recent adaptations of the Internet
technology, the Intranet and the extranet, are private (closed) networks. ..."
3. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1917)
"To enable extranet heredes to determine whether or not they would take an
inheritance, the praetorian law granted them a period of time for deliberation" ..."
4. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by William Gardiner Hammond (1876)
"Children not within his power if instituted, children instituted by the mother,
slaves instituted and subsequently manumitted, are extranet. (3. ..."