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PROXY

Proxy may refer to something which acts on behalf of something else as in:

  • Proxy server, a computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services
  • Proxy pattern, a software design pattern in computer programming
  • Proxy (statistics), a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest
  • Proxy (climate), a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest in climate research
  • Proxy murder, a murder which the murderer commits at the behest of another
  • Proxy voting, one way of casting an absentee ballot in some elections
  • Proxy war, a war where two powers use third parties as a substitute for fighting each other directly
  • Proxy occupation, a military occupation where the occupying power directs a "co-belligerent" (i.e. ally) to undertake the occupation of a particular area, as a substitute for the occupying power handling the occupation of that area directly
  • Proxy statement, an announcement of and an invitation to a U.S. stockholders' meeting
  • Proxy fight, an event that may occur when opposition develops to a corporation management among its stockholders
  • Proxy marriage, a practice formerly common amongst European monarchs, where one party is not present in person to their marriage to the other
  • "Proxy", an advanced humanoid character in the anime Ergo Proxy
  • Proxy card, a substitute card used in trading card games when a player does not own the substituted card.
  • "The Proxy," a song by RJD2 from his 2002 album Deadringer