In computer networking, localhost is the hostname given to the address of the loopback network interface. It is used by a host to access network services running on itself.
In computer networking, localhost is the hostname given to the address of the loopback network interface. It is used by a host to access network services running on itself.
On many operating systems, localhost translates to an IPv4 address 127.0.0.1 and IPv6 address ::1. However this may be configured differently.
Technically, tested on Windows and IPv4 address starts with 127 will be regarded as loopback-address and it should access the same result as localhost. However, the same result, may depend upon the local server settings that you aim to connect with. For example, restricting access from specific IP such as 127.0.0.1. Knowing this note helps in local testing that need another host IP. For example, in web design, suppose that you want to view new favicon of your website hosted locally, simply, instead of accessing it http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 (or http://[::1]) you can access it something like http://127.10.205.98
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