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Localhost refers to the computer or device that you're working on. localhost is used in Windows, Mac OSX, GNU/Linux and BSD to define this.

The IPv4 address 127.0.0.1 and IPv6 address ::1 always refer to localhost.

Use Cases

  • Testing out a website on a local machine using a local server like XAMPP. Just do localhost:(insert TCP/UDP port number). Sometimes you don't have to remember the port number and can just use the name of the software. Examples: localhost:wordpress , localhost:xampp, localhost:phpmyadmin, etc.
  • Web UI for self-hosted software on your local network. For instance, if enabled in the settings, you can use a web interface for QBitTorrent on port 8080.