"localhost" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: localhosts [plural]
Etymology: local + host Etymology templates: {{compound|en|local|host}} local + host Head templates: {{en-noun}} localhost (plural localhosts)
  1. (networking) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network. Categories (topical): Networking Hypernyms: host Translations (this computer): Localhost [masculine] (German), τοπικός υπολογιστής (topikós ypologistís) [masculine] (Greek), localhost (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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