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127.0.0.1

IPv4 loopback address

category
network
normalized
127.0.0.1
confirmed
2026-06-12
lookups
3
source
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1122

The conventional IPv4 loopback address โ€” "localhost". The whole 127.0.0.0/8 block loops back to the local host (RFC 1122).

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