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Developed in the '60s by the US Department of Defense, then embraced by cloistered academics, and then finally by everyone else, the Internet is the grand-daddy of all networks (a network being any system that links two or more computers via phone lines, satellite connections, Ethernet cable, or mysterious cords). This huge, sprawling, beast of a thing is owned by no particular entity, so anyone with a computer and an Internet connection - we're talking more than 100 million people - can sign onto the Net and swap electronic low-down whenever the urge strikes. Intranets are self-contained, mini-Internets that are not publicly
accessible - a business might use an intranet to house employee-specific
information, company policies, meeting schedules, and the like.
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