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extranet - technical definition
An intranet opened to select groups of users outside of a company.Access generally is provided to groups of vendors, suppliers, customers, and others who have a requirement to access select databases and processes. Extranets, for example, can enable customers to place orders electronically and to track them to fulfillment, and vendors can track retail sales of their products, perhaps store-by-store. See also intranet.
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