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  • Back then, an internet (lower case “i”) was a small internal network of computers that communicated with each other.

    That is an intranet, not internet, and is still applicable as a term. You just hear people say LAN more these days.

    “World Wide Web” turned out to be a mouthful to say, so we replaced it with “the Internet” instead. Although most websites still start with “www” to represent their global reach.

    The world wide web was always just one part of the internet, specifically the portion supported by http. Ftp, email, etc existed then as well, but was not part of the www.