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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Back then, an internet (lower case "i") was a small internal network of computers that communicated with each other.

That is an intranet, not internet, and is still applicable as a term. You just hear people say LAN more these days.

"World Wide Web" turned out to be a mouthful to say, so we replaced it with "the Internet" instead. Although most websites still start with "www" to represent their global reach.

The world wide web was always just one part of the internet, specifically the portion supported by http. Ftp, email, etc existed then as well, but was not part of the www.

[–] marcela@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (6 children)

An internet in theory is a network of other computer networks (not single computers). The Internet is the world wide web.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

An intranet is a local and private computer network.

The internet is a network of intranets, or more accurately, a network by which computers of disparate networks can connect.

Intra, meaning inside or within. Inter, meaning between or among.

Interdepartmental communication would be communication between departments, while intradepartmental communication would be within a single department.

The inter vs intra is the difference here.

[–] marcela@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 month ago

I thought I was clarifying without going into detail on the definition of an extranet, I don't even know how I'd assume gender?

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