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    Localhost

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:47 pm
    Vangie Beal
    Written by Vangie Beal

    In TCP/IP networks, localhost is the name used to describe the local computer address. Localhost always translates to the loopbackIP address 127.0.0.1.

    See also local.

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    Vangie Beal is a freelance business and technology writer covering Internet technologies and online business since the late '90s.

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