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proxying

/ˈprɒk.si.ɪŋ/

/ˈprɑːk.si.ɪŋ/

proxyverb

proxying

Gerund

proxied

Past Simple

proxied

Past Participle

proxying

Gerund

/ˈprɒk.si/

/ˈprɑːk.si/

Regular verb meaning ‘to act as a proxy’ or ‘to route through a proxy server’.

Definitions

To act for someone else as their authorized representative.

She was asked to proxy for her manager during the negotiations.

To route (data, requests, or traffic) through an intermediary server.

All web traffic is proxied through the company firewall.

Synonyms

stand in for

act on behalf of

substitute for

serve as a proxy for

proxynoun

Definitions

A person authorized to act on behalf of another.

She appointed her brother as her proxy to vote at the meeting.

A document authorizing a person to act on behalf of another.

He signed a proxy to allow his lawyer to handle the transaction.

A figure that can be used to represent the value of something in a calculation.

The company used the number of new customers as a proxy for measuring growth.

A server that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers.

The IT department set up a proxy to improve network security.

The authority or power delegated to a person to act on someone else's behalf.

Shareholders can vote by proxy if they cannot attend the meeting.

proxyadjective

Definitions

Serving as a substitute or stand-in for another.

The proxy representative attended the meeting on behalf of the absent board member.

Carried out indirectly or by means of a substitute.

The two countries fought a proxy war instead of confronting each other directly.