"forward proxy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: forward proxies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} forward proxy (plural forward proxies)
  1. (networking) A server that routes traffic between a client and another system, which is in most occasions external to the network.

Inflected forms

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