What is the purpose of checking your hosts file for the ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT error?

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What is the purpose of checking your hosts file for the ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT error?
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Your computer's hosts file can manually map domain names to IP addresses. If an incorrect or outdated entry exists for the website you're trying to access, it can cause connection timeouts. You can check and edit this file (located in `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts` on Windows or `/etc/hosts` on macOS) by looking for any lines related to the problematic website and removing or commenting them out.