Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Late 20th century ·1996
Intranet
intra- network
- Meaning
- A private network within an organisation using internet technologies.
- Source words
- intra- + network
- Coined by
- Steven Telleen
- Year
- 1996
Background
Telleen, a Digital Equipment Corporation manager, popularised the word in a 1996 white paper. The *intra-* prefix (from Latin, meaning *within*) contrasts with *inter-* (between) in *internet*.
Late 20th century
Marketing, media, and the early internet. Infomercial, emoticon, workaholic — the coinages name phenomena of mass media and white-collar life. Several predate the decades they're associated with.
Two words, one coinage.
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