Homework Friday, September 26th

Pg. 170-171 # 1-3

1.) A intranet is a private network which is based on the internet. it is only accessable to the ones who are part of the organization. The difference between an internet and the intranet is that the internet iis accessable to anyone who has the internet connection. But the intranet is only accessable for the people who are in the organization. The intranet is used in several ways. Most of the schools are setting up their own intranets. The biggest reason is the timetables, room changes, sports teams and results can be shared with the student and staff.

2.) The difference between extranets and intranets are that the intranet can only be accessed by the people who are in the certain organization. But the extranets can be accessed by outsiders with a valid username and password, but they only have limited access.

3.) EDI (electronic data interchange) is a special way to transfer buisness documents. For example orders and invoices between computers. e-commerce is used for the term, buying and selling goods and services on the internet, in particular the World Wibe Web.