ALL meanings of proxy
prox·y
P p - noun Technical meaning of proxy (networking) A process that accepts requests for some service and passes them on to the real server. A proxy may run on dedicated hardware or may be purely software. It may transform the request in some way or provide some additional layer of functionality such as caching or remote access. A proxy may be intended to increase security, e.g. a web proxy that allows multiple clients inside an organisation to access the Internet through a single secure, shared connection. 1
- noun proxy authority to act for sb else 1
- noun proxy person acting for sb else 1
- noun proxy computing: proxy server 1
- noun proxy business: agent 1
- noun proxy document authorizing sb to act for another 1
- noun plural proxy the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another. 1
- noun plural proxy the person so authorized; substitute; agent. 1
- noun plural proxy a written authorization empowering another person to vote or act for the signer, as at a meeting of stockholders. 1
- noun plural proxy an ally or confederate who can be relied upon to speak or act in one's behalf. 1
- uncountable noun proxy If you do something by proxy, you arrange for someone else to do it for you. 0
- countable noun proxy A proxy is a person or thing that is acting or being used in the place of someone or something else. 0
- noun proxy a person authorized to act on behalf of someone else; agent 0
- noun proxy the authority, esp in the form of a document, given to a person to act on behalf of someone else 0
- noun proxy the agency or function of a deputy 0
- noun proxy the authority to act for another 0
- noun proxy a document empowering a person to act for another, as in voting at a stockholders' meeting 0
- noun proxy a person empowered to act for another 0
- noun proxy A proxy is a person who is authorized to vote shares for shareholders who are not present. 0