.localhost
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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Vinony's link graph records 120 inbound references to .localhost, and connects out to list of Internet top-level domains, proposed top-level domain and .au.
It is catalogued under topics including Internet properties established in 1999 and Top-level domains.
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Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- top-level domain
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- inception
- 1999-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Reserved DNS names
- Conventional use
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “.localhost” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.