The term 'ALTERNATIVE TO COM' can be broken down into five crossword solutions: BIZ (3 letters), NET (3 letters), ARF (3 letters), GOV (3 letters), and ORG (3 letters). BIZ stands for business, NET stands for network, ARF stands for advanced research facility, GOV stands for government, and ORG stands for organization. These five solutions provide alternative options to the .com domain name, which is the most popular domain name extension used by websites.