1.   But soon, it will be a little easier and likely cheaper if a plan to include more registrars and add new domain suffixes is successful.

2.   Each of the servers is the foundation of an Internet domain suffix, such as .com, .org or .gov.

3.   A. For a long time, domain suffixes were issued informally by the late Jon Postel and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.

4.   Domain name suffixes, formally known as top-level domains, are at the end of the address, in this case the .com portion.

5.   For example, rules governing new domain name suffixes to relieve the crowded dot-com field could make some sites easier to find.

6.   In the meantime, the records remain open, and many of the proposals for new domain suffixes call for open Whois databases as well.

7.   Officials from ICANN have focused recently on reviewing applications for new domain name suffixes to join .com, .net and .org.

8.   Q. How many domain name suffixes are there?

9.   The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers met this week to consider adding domain name suffixes to the Internet.

10.   The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is meeting this week to consider the addition of domain name suffixes to the Internet.