proxy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒk.si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑk.si/

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• Rhymes: -ɒksi

Etymology 1

Contraction of Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) (English procure).

Adjective

proxy (not comparable)

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

   a proxy indicator

   a proxy measurement

Translations

used as, or acting as, a proxy

• Bulgarian: заместващ (bg) (zamestvašt)
• French: par procuration (fr)

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

1. An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:

     Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.

2. The authority to act for another, especially when written.
   • 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], OCLC 946162345:

     I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.

3. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
4. (sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
5. (software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

Synonyms

• deputy
• substitute
• representative
• See also Thesaurus:deputy

Hyponyms

(software An interface for a service)

• caching proxy
• closed proxy
• complexity-hiding proxy
• copy-on-write proxy
• dynamic proxy
• firewall proxy
• forward proxy
• network proxy
• open proxy
• protection proxy
• remote proxy
• reverse proxy
• smart-reference proxy
• surrogate proxy
• synchronisation proxy
• virtual proxy

 

Derived terms

Terms derived from proxy (noun)

• proxy abuse
• proxy battle
• proxy bullying
• proxy card
• proxy fight
• proxy marriage
• proxy murder
• proxy pattern
• proxy server
• proxy voting
• proxy war

 

Translations

agent or substitute authorized to act for another person

• Bulgarian: представител (bg) m (predstavitel), пълномощник (bg) m (pǎlnomoštnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代理 (zh) (dàilǐ)

• Czech: zástupce (cs) m, prostředník (cs) m, zmocněnec m, mandatář m
• Danish: fuldmægtig m, stedfortræder (da)
• Dutch: procuratiehouder (nl) m, gevolmachtigde (nl) m
• Esperanto: anstataŭulo
• Finnish: asiamies (fi), valtuutettu (fi), edustaja (fi)
• French: fondé de pouvoir (fr) m
• German: Prokurist (de) m, Stellvertreter (de) m
• Greek: πληρεξούσιος (el) m (plirexoúsios), διαμεσολαβητής (el) m (diamesolavitís)
• Hebrew: שליח‎ (he) m (shaliach)
• Hungarian: helyettes (hu), megbízott (hu)
• Icelandic: staðgengill (is) m
• Italian: mandatario (it) m

• Japanese: 代理 (ja) (だいり, dairi)
• Latin: vicārius m, vicāria f
• Macedonian: полномо́шник m (polnomóšnik), ополномоштеник m (opolnomoštenik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stedfortreder m, fullmektig

  Nynorsk: avløysar, varamann, vikar, fullmektig

• Occitan: mandatari m, mandatària f
• Portuguese: procurador (pt) m, procuradora f, testa-de-ferro m or f, laranja (pt) m or f
• Russian: представи́тель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica), уполномо́ченный (ru) m (upolnomóčennyj), пове́ренный (ru) m (povérennyj), дове́ренное лицо́ n (dovérennoje licó)
• Spanish: apoderado (es) m
• Swedish: ställföreträdare (sv)
• Thai: ตัวแทน (th) (dtuua-tɛɛn)
• Turkish: ihda (tr), vekil (tr)

authority to act for another, especially when written

• Arabic: إِنَابَة‎ (ar) (ʾināba), اِسْتِنَابَة‎ (istināba), تَفْوِيض‎ (tafwīḍ), تَوْكِيل‎ (ar) (tawkīl)
• Bulgarian: пълномощно (bg) n (pǎlnomoštno)
• Czech: plná moc (cs) f, zplnomocnění n, mandát m, zmocnění n
• Dutch: procuratie (nl) f
• Finnish: valtakirja (fi), valtuutus (fi)
• French: procuration (fr) f
• German: Prokura (de) f
• Greek: πληρεξούσιος (el) m (plirexoúsios)
• Italian: delega (it) f
• Latvian: uzdevums m
• Macedonian: полномо́штво n (polnomóštvo)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fullmakt (no) c

  Nynorsk: fullmakt f

• Occitan: mandat (oc) m, procuracion (oc) f
• Portuguese: procuração (pt) f
• Russian: полномо́чие (ru) n (polnomóčije)
• Spanish: mandato (es) m, poder (es) m
• Swedish: fullmakt (sv) c
• Turkish: yetkili temsilci (tr)

(science) Measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another

• Czech: nepřímé měření n
• Dutch: maatstaf (nl)
• French: mesure indirecte (fr) f

• Italian: misura indiretta m
• Occitan: mesura indirecta

(software) An interface for a service

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代理服務器, 代理服务器 (dàilǐ fúwùqì), 代理 (zh) (dàilǐ)

• Dutch: proxy (nl), interface (nl)
• Finnish: välityspalvelin (fi), proxy (fi)
• French: proxy (fr) m
• German: Proxyserver m
• Greek: διαμεσολαβητής (el) m (diamesolavitís)
• Italian: proxy (it) m
• Japanese: プロキシ (ja) m (purokishi), プロクシ (ja) m (purokushi)

• Macedonian: застапник (zastapnik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mellomtjener m, proxy m, proxytjener m

  Nynorsk: mellomtenar m, proxy m

• Occitan: proxy m, proxi m
• Polish: pośrednik (pl) m
• Portuguese: proxy m
• Russian: про́кси-се́рвер (ru) m (próksi-sérver)
• Tigrinya: ወኪል (wäkil)
• Turkish: proxy, vekil sunucu

Verb

proxy (third-person singular simple present proxies, present participle proxying, simple past and past participle proxied)

1. To serve as a proxy for.
   • 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.

2. (networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

Etymology 2

proximity + -y.

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

1. (video game slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
   • 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ [1]

     (Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)

   • 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough [2]

     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.

   • 2002, "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby [3]

     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.

   • 2006, "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ [4]

     You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies.

Synonyms

• proxy mine

References

• “proxy” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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Italian

Noun

proxy m (invariable)

1. (computing) proxy (interface program)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English proxy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔk.si/, [ˈpɾɔk.si]

Noun

proxy m (plural proxies)

1. (software) proxy (software serving as an interface for a service)
2. Clipping of servidor proxy.

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Turkish

Noun

proxy (definite accusative proxyi, plural proxyler)

1. (computing) The proxy.

Declension

declension of proxy

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	proxy	proxyler
definite accusative (belirtme)	proxyi	proxyleri
dative (yönelme)	proxye	proxylere
locative (bulunma)	proxyde	proxylerde
ablative (ayrılma)	proxyden	proxylerden
genitive (tamlayan)	proxynin	proxylerin

Synonyms

• vekil sunucu
• yetkili sunucu