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localhost

localhost noun: the computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.

Noun

localhost (plural localhosts)

  1. The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.

Forms of localhost

plurallocalhosts

Origin of localhost

From local + host.

Questions about localhost

What does localhost mean?
Localhost means the computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.
What part of speech is localhost?
Localhost is a noun.
What is the plural of localhost?
The plural of localhost is localhosts.

Words near localhost in the dictionary

  1. locale
  2. locale theory
  3. locale-aware
  4. locale-awareness
  5. locales
  6. localhost
  7. localhosts
  8. localic
  9. localisable
  10. localisation
  11. localisations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: localhost (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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