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Localhost is the computer you're using right now. 4 localhost generally refers to the machine you're looking at. On most machines localhost resolves to the ip address 127.0.0.1 which is the loopback address.

Dec 26, 2013you can use it just like any other hostname - try ping localhost to see how it resolves to 127.0.0.1. Sep 12, 2011what, if any, are the actual differences between using 127.0.0.1 and localhost as the server name, especially when hitting processes running locally that are listening for connections? Jun 11, 2015i'm currently developing a card game using node.js and gulp, and suddendly chrome stopped to find localhost:8080.

Jun 11, 2012actually, i didn't use servername localhost, just copied (from httpd.conf) documentroot and <directory parts and it worked fine - same as previously with all hosts except the servername s. Mar 13, 2012i'm currently working on a project and i would like to test it out on two laptops at home where one laptop connects to the localhost on the other. Jun 22, 2012how to set xampp open localhost:8080 instead of just localhost asked 13 years, 6 months ago modified 5 years, 1 month ago viewed 128k times