Internetwork

Work is an Internet connection between two or more different networks or network segments via a common technology for routing. The result is called Internetwork (often shortened to internet). Two or more networks or network segments connected using devices that operate at layer 3 (layer “network”) of the Open Society Institute, the basic model, such as a router. Any connection between or among public, private, commercial, industrial or governmental networks may be defined as an Internetwork.

In current practice, interconnected networks using Internet Protocol. There are at least three versions of the Internet works, depending on who administers and who participates in them:

* Intranet
* Extranet
* Internet

Intranets and extranets may or may not have an Internet connection. When connected to the Internet, intranet or extranet is normally protected against access from the Internet without proper authorization. The Internet is not considered part of an intranet or extranet, although it may serve as a portal for access to parts of the extranet.