{"id":2570,"date":"2011-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/intranet\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:49:11","slug":"intranet","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/2433\/intranet","title":{"rendered":"Intranet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_intranet_mean\">What Does Intranet Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An intranet is a secure and private enterprise network that shares data o application resources via Internet Protocol (IP). 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