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    Cool intranet/internet website

    Hello!

    I'm working on two different websites: the "intranet website" and the "internet website" of my company.

    Are the titles "intranet website" and "internet website" correct, please?

    Thank you
    Will

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    Default Re: intranet/internet website

    It looks like it.

    They are both explained in Wikipedia, among other sources.

    Rover
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    Default Re: intranet/internet website

    I normally hear people just say intranet, though. How about the company website and the company intranet?
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    Default Re: intranet/internet website

    Quote Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
    I normally hear people just say intranet, though. How about the company website and the company intranet?
    Thank you.

    Could we also say "the company's website" and the "company's intranet"?

    Thank you
    Will

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    Default Re: intranet/internet website

    Quote Originally Posted by Will17 View Post
    Thank you.

    Could we also say "the company's website" and the "company's intranet"?

    Thank you
    Will
    You could, but the other way is more common. Company website. Company car. Company picnic. Company credit card.
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    Cool Re: intranet/internet website

    Me again, sorry!

    I was thinking: when we say "company intranet", we mean "the internal network of the company", don't we?

    In fact, I'm not working on the intranet itself but on the website of the intranet.

    Then, what would be the right term, in your opinion?


    Thanks a lot for your help! I'm lost!

    WIll

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    Default Re: intranet/internet website

    If you're outside the company coding, designing, etc, the website, you could say that you're working on company X's intranet. To distinguish the presentational side of the intranet from the internal workings, I would use front end.

    If you're worried about any ambiguity, then why not change the verb?

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