localhost concept from the Object Oriented Software Engineering knowledge base

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localhost

subject fact

localhost has definition A special host name that always refers to the current computer 2001-08-30 14:56:30.0
is a subtopic of 3.5 - Technology Needed to Build Client-Server Systems
is an instance of host name

host name is a more human-readable form of IP address 2001-08-30 14:55:48.0

localhost	has definition A special host name that always refers to the current computer
	is a subtopic of 3.5 - Technology Needed to Build Client-Server Systems
	is an instance of host name
host name	is a more human-readable form of IP address