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A text file in a TCP/IP network that specifies the IP addresses of computer names and domain names. It is used to convert a request by name to a numeric IP address on the local network or the Internet ...

If you have ever used a HOSTS file on your Windows computer, you might have seen the LMHOSTS file in the same directory where the HOSTS file is located. The HOSTS file is used to map IP host names to ...

In the past when I would work on a web site on my dev server I would alter the hosts file to point to the dev server. For example I would create an entery of 192.168.x.x - www.dev.com so I could just ...