Proxy may refer to:
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agent (law), a substitute authorized to act for another entity or a document which authorizes the agent so to act
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Proxy (climate), a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest in climate research
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Proxy (statistics)
In statistics, a proxy or proxy variable is a variable that is not in itself directly relevant, but that serves in place of an unobservable or immeasurable variable. In order for a variable to be a good proxy, it must have a close correlation, not ...
, a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest
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Healthcare proxy
In the field of medicine, a healthcare proxy (commonly referred to as HCP) is a document (legal instrument) with which a patient (primary individual) appoints an agent to legally make healthcare decisions on behalf of the patient, when the patient ...
, a document used to specify an agent to make medical decisions for a patient in case they are incapacitated
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bullying (or vicarious bullying), bullying committed on behalf of somebody else
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Proxy fight, attempting to influence how company shareholders use their proxy votes
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Proxy marriage, common amongst European monarchs, where one party is not present in person to their marriage to the other
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Proxy murder, a murder committed on behalf of somebody else
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Proxy statement, information published related to a U.S. stockholders' meeting
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Proxy voting, a vote cast on behalf of an absent person
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Proxy war
A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states or non-state actors, one or both of which act at the instigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities. In order for a conflict to be considered a pr ...
, a war where two powers use third parties as a substitute for fighting each other directly
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Torture by proxy
Torture by proxy is collusion by one government in the abuse of prisoners by another. The United States has rendered prisoners to nations known to practice torture.U.S. Torture-by-proxy
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* In the case of the United Kingdom, the government of P ...
, torturing someone on somebody else's behalf
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
* Proxy, a mysterious humanoid lifeform in the anime ''
Ergo Proxy
''Ergo Proxy'' is a Japanese cyberpunk anime television series, produced by Manglobe, directed by Shūkō Murase and written by Dai Satō. The series ran for 23 episodes from February to August 2006 on the Wowow satellite network. It is set ...
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* 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
A smiley, sometimes referred to as a smiley face, is a basic ideogram that represents a smiling face. Since the 1950s it has become part of popular culture worldwide, used either as a standalone ideogram, or as a form of communication, such a ...
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* "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
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Proxies (band), British electronic rock band formed in 2010
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"Proxy" (song), a 2014 song by Martin Garrix
* "The Proxy", a song by RJD2 on his 2002 album ''
Deadringer''
Other arts, entertainment, and media
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''Proxy'' (film), a 2013 horror film directed by Zack Parker
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''Proxies'' (film), a 1921 silent drama film directed by George D. Baker
* ''The Proxy'', a drama web series starring
Stuart Ashen
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Proxy card, 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
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Proxy (novel), a 2013 young adult novel by Alex London
Computing and technology
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ProxyAddress, a service providing postal addresses for homeless people
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Proxy pattern In computer programming, the proxy pattern is a software design pattern. A ''proxy'', in its most general form, is a class functioning as an interface to something else. The proxy could interface to anything: a network connection, a large object in ...
, a software design pattern in computer programming, also known as a proxy class
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Proxy server
In computer networking, a proxy server is a server application that acts as an intermediary between a client requesting a resource and the server providing that resource.
Instead of connecting directly to a server that can fulfill a reques ...
, a computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services
See also
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Münchausen syndrome by proxy
Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as fabricated or induced illness by carers (FII), and first named as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP), is a condition in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in a ...
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Proxi'', a proprietary freeware computer application for Mac OS X by Griffin Technology
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Vicarious (disambiguation)
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