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localhost

standard hostname for a networked device's loopback interface
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localhost

Summary

localhost is a hostname[1]. localhost draws 1,124 Wikipedia views per month (hostname category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • localhost's instance of is recorded as hostname[3].
  • localhost's Commons category is recorded as Localhost[4].
  • localhost's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r2db[5].
  • localhost's described by source is recorded as RFC 6761: Special-Use Domain Names[6].
  • localhost's described by source is recorded as RFC 2606: Reserved Top Level DNS Names[7].
  • localhost's URL is recorded as http://localhost[8].
  • localhost's Quora topic ID is recorded as Localhost[9].
  • localhost's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19665773[10].
  • localhost's IPv4 routing prefix is recorded as 127.0.0.1/8[11].
  • localhost's IPv6 routing prefix is recorded as ::1/128[12].
  • localhost's ComputerLanguage.com definition is recorded as localhost[13].

Why It Matters

localhost draws 1,124 Wikipedia views per month (hostname category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] localhost has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] localhost is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . RFC 5735: Special Use IPv4 Addresses. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). localhost. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/localhost
MLA “localhost.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/localhost.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_localhost_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{localhost}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/localhost}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): localhost — https://4ort.xyz/entity/localhost (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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