Definition of "localhost" []

• The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network. (noun)

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• "Suddenly one day when I wrote the word localhost Insted of "C: \Inetpub\wwwroot" the browser"
• "Google Desktop GD runs as a server on your local PC and listens on localhost, which is only accessible locally."
• "Localghost, it serves one particular function: defining domain names that point back to your own computer, using its loopback address (that's the IP address 127.0.0.1, also known as localhost-hence the program's name)."