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Whats an Intranet?

April 26, 2017intranet

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Whats an Intranet?

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An Intranet is just one or more Web Servers and Web Sites on your own Local Area Network (LAN). Each Web Site contains your commonly accessed documents, reports, procedures and policies as HTML or Web Pages. Any PC, Macintosh or UNIX desktop computer with a Web Browser can read those Web Pages through the same standard network communications protocol – TCP/IP! Compared to today’s Client-Server Business Office Solution Packages, Intranets provide you with: • Freedom of Choice to mix and match PC desktop operating systems! Web Browsers exist for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, Macintosh System 7.5, UNIX and OS/2. • Freedom of Choice to access and update databases on different operating systems from the same desktop computer! Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts or Vendor-specific Database Application Programming Interfaces (like Microsoft ISAPI or Spry BGI) allow Web Servers to access or update databases and send the results back as HTML to any Web Browser on any desktop operating