In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury stated that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he stated his motivation for writing the book in more general terms.
Localhost Definition - A localhost is the standard host name provided to the address of the local computer in computer networking. The localhost... Localhost Definition - A localhost is the standard host name provided to the address of the local computer in computer networking. The localhost denotes the host name used in communicating with the loopback network interface; that is, with software on the computer that originated the transmission. Itâs also a reserved top-level domain name set.
So, to answer your question - yes, they are different. localhost is given an ip address in the 127.0.0.0 network and given to a virtual loopback network device lo. This device is present on all systems, regardless of whether they have a physical network device fitted (WiFi or Ethernet, for example).