proxy

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɒk.si/

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• Rhymes: -ɒksi

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

proxy (not comparable)

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

   a proxy indicator

   a proxy measurement

proxy (plural proxies)

1. An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
   • Blackstone

     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.
   • Burke

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

3. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

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.

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

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.

proximity + -y.

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

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

   • 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough

     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

     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

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

• proxy mine

proxy m (invariable)

1. (computing) proxy (interface program)

Borrowed from English proxy.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.ksi/

proxy m (plural proxies)

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

proxy (definite accusative proxyi, plural proxyler)

1. (computing) The proxy.

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