Local Loop

Local Loop definition - hacker
A logical network interface on a computer having TCP/IP networking software. A local loop interface is used for the interprocess communication of two processes on the same machine. Modeled within the kernel memory, it is faster than a connection made through a real-network interface.

See Also: Network; TCP/IP or Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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