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PROXY
proxy
(noun) a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
proxy, placeholder, procurator
(noun) a person authorized to act for another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
proxy (not comparable)
Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
Noun
proxy (plural proxies)
An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
The authority to act for another, especially when written.
The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
(sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
(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 deputy
Hyponyms
((software An interface for a service)):
• caching proxy
• complexity-hiding proxy
• copy-on-write proxy
• dynamic proxy
• firewall proxy
• forward proxy
• network proxy
• protection proxy
• remote proxy
• reverse proxy
• smart-reference proxy
• surrogate proxy
• synchronisation proxy
• virtual proxy
• open proxy
• closed proxy
Verb
proxy (third-person singular simple present proxies, present participle proxying, simple past and past participle proxied)
To serve as a proxy for.
(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)
(video game slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
Synonyms
• proxy mine
Source: Wiktionary
Prox"y, n.; pl. Proxies. Etym: [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.]
1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. Burke.
2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another. Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. Blackstone.
3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
4. (Eng. Law)
Definition: The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
5. (Eccl.)
Definition: See Procuration. [Obs.]
Prox"y, v. i.
Definition: To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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