A leased, private transmission network that links multiple locations of a company or other organization, using voice and/or data communications lines reserved exclusively for that company's traffic.
A telecommunications network on the customer's side of a network termination point, forming the boundary between a public telecommunication system run under a PTO licence and the user's network, generally run under a Class Licence.
A network that belongs to a person, a company, or an organization that has access restriction, thus can be accessed only by authorized parties. Contrast with public network.
A network made up of circuits for the exclusive use of one customer. Private networks can be nationwide in scope. They typically serve large corporations or government agencies.
A network that is restricted to a specific organization or set of users. Computers on the Internet are prevented access. See also public network.
an address realm independent of external network addresses
a network directly attached to a host and is not directly accessible from the public network
a network made up of circuits and, sometimes, switching equipment, for the exclusive use of one organization
a network that contains administrative boundaries surrounding the network
a network whose use is restricted to a specific customer or group of customers
a private, leased-line connection between two companies that physically connects their intranets
a special network which is hidden behind one network device (usually a firewall)
communications media owned or leased by an organization to connect its networks or network components
A network, usually operated by a single corporate entity, made up of dedicated leased lines and dial-up services from the carriers, and switching equipment located on the corporate premises.
a computer network that members of the public are unable to access (eg:a company LAN).
In terms of an IP network is where a group of computers use non internet routable IP addresses to form a network.
A network made up of circuits for the exclusive use of an organization or group of affiliated organizations. Can be regional, national or international in scope and are common in large organizations.
Network that is not implemented to an industry-accepted standard. Typically refers to a proprietary product that will not operate with another vendor's product.
A series of offices connected together by leased and non-leased telephone lines, with switching facilities and transmission equipment owned and operated by the user or by the carrier and leased to the user.
Any network that is designed and operated exclusively for a particular person, organization or group of users.
Any network (ethernet, wireless, or otherwise) that is protected from public access in some fashion.
a network comprising a number of leased lines owned by a private customer.
A private network exists as a network that is made up of circuits and, even sometimes, switching equipment. It is used exclusively for one organization.
A network of lines leased by a private customer.
A network that is designed for use exclusively by a person or organization and usually does not have points of access from users external to the company.
A facility in which the customer leases circuits and sometimes switching capacity for the customer's exclusive use.
Related Terms: corporate network, firewall, Intranet, enterprise search engine Conceptually similar to a corporate network, but also applies to other secured networks in places like government agencies, institutions and even the secured network in peoples' homes.
A secure electronic communications network that connects specific computer networks and organizational computer facilities. This type of network is provided by one or more telecommunication providers. If more than one telecommunications provider is used a peering agreement is established between the two service providers. Specified bandwidth and quality of service agreements are agreed to.
A network based on leased lines or other facilities that provide telecommunication services, within an organization or within a closed user group, as a complement or as a substitute to the public network.
A cluster network that supports only node-to-node communication. See also: cluster
In Internet terminology, a private network is a network that uses RFC 1918 IP address space. Computers may be allocated addresses from this address space when it is necessary for them to communicate with other computing devices on an internal (non-Internet) network but not directly with the Internet.
