Etymology dictionary. 2014.
proxy — / präk sē/ n pl prox·ies [Middle English procucie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin procuratia, alteration of Latin procuratio appointment of another as one s agent] 1: the act or practice of a person serving as… … Law dictionary
Proxy — may refer to something which acts on behalf of something else, as in:* 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… … Wikipedia
Proxy — (en. proxy ‚Stellvertreter‘) steht für: Proxy (Rechnernetz), ein Vermittler in Computernetzwerken Stellvertreter (Entwurfsmuster), ein Entwurfsmuster aus dem Bereich der Softwareentwicklung Proxy (Klimaforschung), indirekter Anzeiger des Klimas… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Proxy — Prox y, n.; pl. {Proxies}. [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. {Proctor}.] 1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. [1913 Webster] I have no man s proxy: I… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Proxy — Prox y, v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Proxy — Proxy: Прокси сервер Proxy (шаблон проектирования) … Википедия
proxy — Under the Bankruptcy and insolvency Act a written statement can be made whereby a creditor appoints another person to act on his behalf in a creditors meeting and any other matters pertaining to that bankruptcy. (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy … Glossary of Bankruptcy
proxy — deputy, attorney, *agent, factor … New Dictionary of Synonyms
proxy — [n] agent alternate, ambassador, assignee, attorney, backup, broker, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, executor, intermediary, lawyer, mediary, negotiator, representative, stand in, substitute, surrogate; concept 348 … New thesaurus
proxy — ► NOUN (pl. proxies) 1) the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting. 2) a person authorized to act on behalf of another. 3) a figure used to represent the value of something in a calculation. ORIGIN contraction of PROCURACY(Cf.… … English terms dictionary
