Proxy
noun, plural proxies.
1.
the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.
2.
the person so authorized; substitute; agent.
3.
a written authorization empowering another person to vote or act for the signer, as at a meeting of stockholders.
4.
an ally or confederate who can be relied upon to speak or act in one’s behalf.
noun (pl) proxies
1.
a person authorized to act on behalf of someone else; agent: to vote by proxy
2.
the authority, esp in the form of a document, given to a person to act on behalf of someone else
3.
(computing) short for proxy server
proxy definition
A person authorized to act for another, or the written authorization to act for another.
Note: Shareholders in corporations may designate proxies to represent them at stockholders’ meetings and vote their shares.
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.
(2007-09-03)
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