{"id":7837,"date":"2011-11-10T15:23:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/netfinity\/"},"modified":"2014-06-09T00:18:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T00:18:17","slug":"netfinity","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/15260\/netfinity","title":{"rendered":"Netfinity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_netfinity_mean\">What Does Netfinity Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Netfinity was the name for IBM\u2019s line of Intel-based enterprise servers. 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