Y, HOW?

How did the Internet get its name? and why did the internet also be known as the "Web" or "Net"? Couldn't they have called it something else like, mesh maybe, or hook, capture, or trap? Weird innit?
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Suggestions are synonyms for web/net... :), smiles!
(Damn! I cant get that arrow thingy right!! some help pls??)