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Glossary: Next.js Basics

localhost

Also written: http://localhost:3000, port, port 3000, 127.0.0.1

The name for your own computer (address 127.0.0.1). `http://localhost:3000` is your dev server, where 3000 is the port, a numbered doorway a program listens on.

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Development server