hosts.equiv and .rhosts are part of the r commands. If you don't use them, and they are generally considered to be unsecure now, you don't need the files. The .netrc file contains login and initialization information used by the auto-login process for ftp.
inetd.conf is the config file for inetd (the old super server).
http://linux.about.com/od/lna_guide/a/gdelna98.htm
All the distributions that I use have xinetd installed as default. If you're actually using inetd then deleting the conf file will delete all your services supplied by it.
The .orig file is the original config file, renamed from some time in the past.
diff is a useful utility if you want to see the differences between files:
diff -u /etc/inetd.conf /etc/inetd.conf.orig