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Definition: private data network


A communications network that is used by one organization or an industry group. A private data network may be deployed as private lines leased from common carriers and entirely architected by the network owner, or it may be a virtual private network (VPN) service either over the Internet or one that was provisioned within a carrier's network. Contrast with public data network. See VPN.