The net could see its biggest transformation in decades if plans to open up the address system are passed.**********
The net's regulators will vote on Thursday to decide if the strict rules on so-called top level domain names, such as .com or .uk, can be relaxed.
The openness of the new system could pave the way for a .xxx domain name, after more than half a decade of wrangling between its backers and Icann.
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