.localhost was created in 1999.
If you are trying to connect to your own network or "localhost" Try typing in: 192.168.0.1 or 127.0.0.1 or http://localhost But typing in your Public IP address will not work Hope this answered your question
It has no advantages or disadvantages. localhost is a domain name that represents your computers local IP address.
a-localhost.net is an internet location that provides 'shortcut syntax' (intuitive, easy to remember) urls providing 'direct' access to internet connected resources and services intended for use by 'a localhost'. 'A localhost' is defined as 'the local computer (or device)' (ie. the computer/device you are currently using is considered the 'localhost)'.
To test PHP on your computer you can use a localhost. I use XAMPP for my localhost and it hasn't failed me yet.
Computers communicate with the outside world via specialized hardware. The hardware numbers are engineered to be unique (manufacurer etc.) To bridge the hardware (which changes ) to something symbolic there is a system of numbers. The default number for every computer is 127.0.0.1 and refers to the localhost the machine you are working on.
Mac OS X has a simple file in hosts which is being consulted prior to DNS, to add a "local", you can resolve or edit the file with any simple text edit software, like textedit, pico or vi (make sure you have root priv.) And add the Vip number and than the hostname at the same line. Below is the default hosts file from my system (10.5) Make sure not to change what's written in the file, but only add to it. # Host Database # Localhost is used to configure the loopback interface when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost : :: 1 localhost fe80::1%lo0 localhost
It's probably the IP address of the host but the answer you're looking for if you're installing a content management system or similar may be "localhost"
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TCP/IP can be verified as installed and operating by using the 'ping' command against the localhost address: ping 127.0.0.1 or ping localhost
All you would need to do is install Apache Server on ur system and forward ur IP to port 80 through ur router and adjust Apache to work on http://localhost/
go to to direct connect and type in localhost