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What does proxy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word proxy? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
Noun
  1. An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
  2. The authority to act for another, especially when written.
  3. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
  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.
Verb
  1. To serve as a proxy for.
  2. (networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.
Noun
  1. (video game slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
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