Proxy
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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 in which the murderer does so 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 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.
- Proxy (band)- A blues rock band from central Massachusetts consisting of Matt Hedgpeth, Chris Whitehead, and Aaron Faucher.
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