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Sign in to saveThe name localhost is reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a domain name label that may not be installed as a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.
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- Top level domain.name
- localhost
- Top level domain.introduced
- 1999
- Top level domain.type
- Reserved top-level domain
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- identifies the local computer
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- 1999-00-00
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The name localhost is reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a domain name label that may not be installed as a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.
==Reserved DNS names== In 1999, the Internet Engineering Task Force reserved the DNS labels , , , and so that they may not be installed into the root zone of the Domain Name System.
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