Proxy may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

* Proxy, a mysterious humanoid lifeform in the anime '' Ergo Proxy'' * PROXY, a holodroid featured in '' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' * Proxy, the codename of Wendy Harris, a fictional character in the ''Batgirl'' comic book series * "Proxy", the name of a fictional character in the 2012 horror film '' Smiley'' * "Proxy", a term, specifically (but not limited to) in '' Slender: The Arrival'', for a person who is influenced or controlled by the Slender Man

Music

Proxies (band) Proxies were a British alternative rock band that combined many styles of rock and electronica, founded in Yorkshire, England in 2010. History ''Formation'' (2010) Proxies was founded in the summer of 2010 by songwriters Jordan Fish and ...

, British electronic rock band formed in 2010 * "Proxy" (song), a 2014 song by Martin Garrix * "The Proxy", a song by RJD2 on his 2002 album '' Deadringer''

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

* ''Proxy'' (film), a 2013 horror film directed by Zack Parker * ''Proxies'' (film), a 1921 silent drama film directed by George D. Baker * ''The Proxy'', a drama web series starring

Stuart Ashen Dr Stuart Clive Ashen (born 16 December 1976), commonly known by his online alias Ashens ( ), is a British comedian, critic and YouTuber known for reviewing various products; his reviews usually include toys, video games and food. , his main Y ...

Proxy card A proxy card is an easily acquired or home-made substitute for a collectible card. A proxy is used when a collectible card game player does not own a card, and it would be impractical for such purposes to acquire the card. This usually occurs whe ...

, a substitute card used in trading card games when a player does not own the substituted card and also can occur when proxy cards are not tradeable *

Proxy (novel) ''Proxy'' is a 2013 sci-fi, dystopian young adult novel by Alex London. The novel, which was released on June 18, 2013, features a gay adolescent as its action-hero protagonist. A sequel to the novel has been released in 2014, ''Guardian.'' Th ...

, a 2013 young adult novel by Alex London

Computing and technology

ProxyAddress ProxyAddress Ltd is a social enterprise service which enables the use of an alias address to be used for the purposes of connecting those facing homelessness with support, independent of location. ProxyAddress involves the use of a secure databas ...

, a service providing postal addresses for homeless people * Proxy pattern, a software design pattern in computer programming, also known as a proxy class * Proxy server, a computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services

Other uses

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agent (law) The law of agency is an area of commercial law dealing with a set of contractual, quasi-contractual and non-contractual fiduciary relationships that involve a person, called the agent, that is authorized to act on behalf of another (called the p ...

, a substitute authorized to act for another entity or a document which authorizes the agent so to act *

Proxy (climate) In the study of past climates ("paleoclimatology"), climate proxies are preserved physical characteristics of the past that stand in for direct meteorological measurements and enable scientists to reconstruct the climatic conditions over a longer ...

, a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest in climate research * Proxy (statistics), a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest * Healthcare proxy, a document used to specify an agent to make medical decisions for a patient in case they are incapacitated * Proxy

bullying Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imba ...

(or vicarious bullying), bullying committed on behalf of somebody else * Proxy fight, attempting to influence how company shareholders use their proxy votes *

Proxy marriage A proxy wedding or proxy marriage is a wedding in which one or both of the individuals being united are not physically present, usually being represented instead by other persons. If both partners are absent a double proxy wedding occurs. Marriage ...

, common amongst European monarchs, where one party is not present in person to their marriage to the other *

Proxy murder A proxy murder is a murder that is committed indirectly, most likely by one person ordering another person, or through the use of a third party. Hit men A common example of a proxy murder would be a person contracting a hit man, or a hired kille ...

, a murder committed on behalf of somebody else * Proxy statement, information published related to a U.S. stockholders' meeting *

Proxy voting Proxy voting is a form of voting whereby a member of a decision-making body may delegate their voting power to a representative, to enable a vote in absence. The representative may be another member of the same body, or external. A person so d ...