proxy

Etymology 1
, contraction of, from , from , from , from (🇨🇬). Compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * French:

Noun

 * 1) An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
 * 2) The authority to act for another, especially when written.
 * 3) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
 * 4)  A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
 * 5)  An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
 * 1)  A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
 * 2)  An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:deputy
 * See also Thesaurus:deputy
 * See also Thesaurus:deputy
 * See also Thesaurus:deputy

Translations

 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: прадстаўні́к, прадстаўні́ца
 * Bulgarian:, представи́телка, , пълномо́щница
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, zástupkyně, , zmocněnec, , mandatář, mandatářka
 * Danish: fuldmægtig,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: anstataŭulo
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , apoderado, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Karachay-Balkar: ёкюл
 * Korean:
 * Latin: vicārius, vicāria
 * Macedonian: претставник, претставничка, полномошник, полномошничка, ополномоштеник, ополномоштеничка
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: stedfortreder, fullmektig
 * Nynorsk: avløysar, varamann, vikar, fullmektig
 * Occitan: ,
 * Portuguese:, procuradora, testa-de-ferro,
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре́дста̄внӣк, пре́дста̄вница
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: zástupca, zástupkyňa
 * Slovene: predstavnik, predstavnica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, , уповнова́жений, уповнова́жена, про́ксі


 * Arabic:, اِسْتِنَابَة, تَفْوِيض,
 * Belarusian: паўнамо́цтва
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, zplnomocnění, mandát, zmocnění
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , mandado
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: uzdevums
 * Macedonian: полномоштво
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fullmakt
 * Occitan: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: повнова́ження


 * Czech: nepřímé měření
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Italian: misura indiretta
 * Occitan: mesura indirecta


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 代理服務器,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Proxyserver
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 프록시, 프록시 서버
 * Macedonian: застапник
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: mellomtjener, proxy, proxytjener
 * Nynorsk: mellomtenar, proxy
 * Occitan: proxy, proxi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: proxy
 * Russian: ,
 * Tigrinya: ወኪል
 * Turkish: proxy, vekil sunucu

Verb

 * 1) To serve as a proxy for.
 * 2) * 1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143
 * In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.
 * 1)  To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

Etymology 2
proximity + -y.

Noun

 * 1) * 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ
 * (Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)
 * 1) * 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough
 * the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.
 * 1) * 2002, "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby
 * Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.
 * 1) * 2006, "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ
 * You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies.
 * You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   (interface program)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   software serving as an interface for a service

Noun

 * 1)  The proxy.