## Function: SB-BSD-SOCKETS:GET-HOST-BY-ADDRESS
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> Returns a HOST-ENT instance for ADDRESS, which should be a vector of
> (integer 0 255) with 4 elements in case of an IPv4 address and 16
> elements in case of an IPv6 address, or signals a NAME-SERVICE-ERROR.
> See gethostbyaddr(3) for details.

### Lambda list
```cl
(sb-bsd-sockets::address)
```