> What a terrible name. It's not completely terrible. It's a private network in the usual sense of the word, in that it isn't part of the Internet. > Why has

> What a terrible name. It's not completely terrible. It's a private network in the usual sense of the word, in that it isn't part of the Internet. > Why has the word "intranet" fallen out of style? 'Intranet' has other connotations that don't apply here. Mostly that it's an internal Web.