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Normally localhost resolves to the address 127.0.0.x
(IPv4) and ::1
(IPv6) as one can see in the hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
Running WordPress (or PHP and MySQL in general) locally will require a local Apache HTTP server and MySQL server. This can easily be done with one of these tools:
Take a look at the Codex for further infos about a local installation of WordPress: