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{{wiktionary|proxy}} |
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The word "proxy" can mean more than one thing: |
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'''Proxy''' may refer to: |
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*a political or business [[proxy representative]] |
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*a networking server [[proxy server]] |
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*a [[Design pattern (computer science)|design pattern]] called [[proxy pattern]] |
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*a measurement used in [[social science]] [[Survey techniques (in marketing)|surveys]] or other research as an approximation to a desired measure that is impossible or inconvenient to obtain |
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==Arts, entertainment and media== |
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===Fictional entities=== |
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* Proxy, a mysterious humanoid lifeform in the anime |
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* Proxy, playable main protagonist in [[Zenless Zone Zero]]. |
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===Other uses in arts, entertainment and media=== |
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* [[Proxy (film)|''Proxy'' (film)]], a 2013 horror film directed by Zack Parker |
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* [[Proxies (film)|''Proxies'' (film)]], a 1921 silent drama film dit Ashen]] |
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* [[Proxy card]], a substitute card used in traden a player does not own eable |
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* [[Proxy (novel)]], a 2013 young adult novel by Alex London |
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==Computing and technology== |
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* [[Proxy pattern]], a software design pattern in computer programming, also known as a proxy class |
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* [[Proxy server]], a computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services |
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==Other uses== |
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* Proxy or [[agent (law)]], a substitute authorized to act for another entity or a document which authorizes the agent so to act |
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* [[Proxy (climate)]], a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest in climate research |
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* [[Proxy (statistics)]], a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest |
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* [[Healthcare proxy]], a document used to specify an agent to make medical decisions for a patient in case they are incapacitated |
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* Proxy [[bullying]] (or vicarious bullying), bullying committed on behalf of somebody else |
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* [[Proxy fight]], attempting to influence how company shareholders use their proxy votes |
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* [[Proxy marriage]], common amongst European monarchs, where one party is not present in person to their marriage to the other |
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* [[Proxy murder]], a murder committed on behalf of somebody else |
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* [[Proxy statement]], information published related to a U.S. stockholders' meeting |
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* [[Proxy voting]], a vote cast on behalf of an absent person |
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* [[Proxy war]], a war where two powers use third parties as a substitute for fighting each other directly |
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* [[ProxyAddress]], a service providing postal addresses for homeless people |
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* [[Torture#Torture by proxy|Torture by proxy]], torturing someone on somebody else's behalf |
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==See also== |
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* [[Münchausen syndrome by proxy]] |
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* ''[[Proxi]]'', a computer application |
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* [[Vicarious (disambiguation)]] |
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Latest revision as of 02:11, 3 October 2024
Look up proxy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Proxy may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
[edit]Fictional entities
[edit]- Proxy, a mysterious humanoid lifeform in the anime
- Proxy, playable main protagonist in Zenless Zone Zero.
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
[edit]- Proxy (film), a 2013 horror film directed by Zack Parker
- Proxies (film), a 1921 silent drama film dit Ashen]]
- Proxy card, a substitute card used in traden a player does not own eable
- Proxy (novel), a 2013 young adult novel by Alex London
Computing and technology
[edit]- Proxy pattern, a software design pattern in computer programming, also known as a proxy class
- Proxy server, a computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services
Other uses
[edit]- Proxy or agent (law), a substitute authorized to act for another entity or a document which authorizes the agent so to act
- Proxy (climate), a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest in climate research
- Proxy (statistics), a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest
- Healthcare proxy, a document used to specify an agent to make medical decisions for a patient in case they are incapacitated
- Proxy bullying (or vicarious bullying), bullying committed on behalf of somebody else
- Proxy fight, attempting to influence how company shareholders use their proxy votes
- Proxy marriage, common amongst European monarchs, where one party is not present in person to their marriage to the other
- Proxy murder, a murder committed on behalf of somebody else
- Proxy statement, information published related to a U.S. stockholders' meeting
- Proxy voting, a vote cast on behalf of an absent person
- Proxy war, a war where two powers use third parties as a substitute for fighting each other directly
- ProxyAddress, a service providing postal addresses for homeless people
- Torture by proxy, torturing someone on somebody else's behalf
See also
[edit]- Münchausen syndrome by proxy
- Proxi, a computer application
- Vicarious (disambiguation)