Why is my localhost not 127.0.0.1 but ::1, and what notation is that?

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03:09 Answer 2 (Score 18)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/668004/w...

Question links:
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/76SPG.png
[Gregg]: https://superuser.com/questions/667955/h...
[adding]: https://superuser.com/a/436944/137165
[registry]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852

Accepted answer links:
[IPv6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
[ping]: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/commandlin...
[IPv4 vs IPv6 priority in Windows 7]: https://superuser.com/a/436944/61370
[localhost]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost

Answer 2 links:
[link]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852
[Presentation]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_addres...

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