"proxy server" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: proxy servers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} proxy server (plural proxy servers)
  1. (computing) A hardware server that acts as an intermediary between a user and another server, usually on the Internet. Categories (topical): Computing Hypernyms: server Hyponyms: reverse proxy server Translations (hardware server): instaanbediener (Afrikaans), փոխանորդ սերվեր (pʻoxanord server) (Armenian), պրոքսի սպասարկիչ (prokʻsi spasarkičʻ) (Armenian), servidor intermediari [masculine] (Catalan), 代理服務器 (Chinese Mandarin), 代理服务器 (dàilǐ fúwùqì) (Chinese Mandarin), proxyserver [neuter] (Danish), proxyserver [neuter] (Dutch), prokurilo (Esperanto), prokura servilo (Esperanto), puhverserver (Estonian), välityspalvelin (Finnish), serveur mandataire [masculine] (French), Proxyserver [masculine] (German), Proxy [masculine] (German), Proxy-Server [masculine] (German), διακομιστής μεσολάβησης (diakomistís mesolávisis) [masculine] (Greek), server proksi (Indonesian), プロキシサーバ (purokishi sāba) (Japanese), 串鯖 (kushisaba) (alt: くしさば) [slang] (Japanese), serwer pośredniczący [masculine] (Polish), serwer-pośrednik [masculine] (Polish), servidor proxy [masculine] (Portuguese), proxy server [masculine] (Portuguese), про́кси-се́рвер (próksi-sérver) [masculine] (Russian), се́рвер-посре́дник (sérver-posrédnik) [masculine] (Russian), posrednički poslužitelj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), posrednički server [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), posredniški strežnik [masculine] (Slovene), namestniški strežnik [masculine] (Slovene), servidor proxy [masculine] (Spanish), proxyserver [common-gender] (Swedish), vekil sunucu (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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