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localhost

noun

Etymology

From local + host.

  1. derived from *gʰóstipotis✻
  2. derived from hospitem
  3. derived from oste
  4. inherited from hoste
  5. compounded as localhost — “local + host”

Definitions

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for localhost. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA