proxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒk.si/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑk.si/
rhymes: -ɒksi
Forms: form: proxies
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procusie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.
Senses: examples: text: Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
glosses: An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
examples: text: I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.
ref: 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:
glosses: The authority to act for another, especially when written.
glosses: The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
topics: sciences
glosses: A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
Synonyms: deputy
substitute
representative
Hyponyms: sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: caching proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: closed proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: complexity-hiding proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: copy-on-write proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: dynamic proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: firewall proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: forward proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: network proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: open proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: protection proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: remote proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: reverse proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: smart-reference proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: surrogate proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: synchronisation proxy
sense: (software An interface for a service)
word: virtual proxy
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: Münchausen syndrome by proxy
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: open proxy server
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy battle
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy bullying
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy card
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy fight
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy in blank
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy marriage
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy murder
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy pattern
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy representative
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy server
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy vote
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy voting
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: proxy war
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: synchronization proxy
sense: Terms derived from proxy (noun)
word: war by proxy