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proxy server

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A hardware server that acts as an intermediary between a user and another server, usually on the Internet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: instaanbediener — hardware server
  • Armenian: փոխանորդ սերվեր (pʻoxanord server) — hardware server
  • Armenian: պրոքսի սպասարկիչ (prokʻsi spasarkičʻ) — hardware server
  • Catalan: servidor intermediari — hardware server
  • Chinese Mandarin: 代理服務器 /代理服务器 (dàilǐ fúwùqì) — hardware server
  • Danish: proxyserver — hardware server
  • Dutch: proxyserver — hardware server
  • Esperanto: prokurilo — hardware server
  • Esperanto: prokura servilo — hardware server
  • Estonian: puhverserver — hardware server
  • Finnish: välityspalvelin — hardware server
  • French: serveur mandataire — hardware server
  • German: Proxyserver — hardware server
  • German: Proxy — hardware server
  • German: Proxy-Server — hardware server
  • Greek: διακομιστής μεσολάβησης (diakomistís mesolávisis) — hardware server
  • Indonesian: server proksi — hardware server
  • Japanese: プロキシサーバ (purokishi sāba) — hardware server
  • Japanese: 串鯖 (kushisaba) — hardware server
  • Polish: serwer pośredniczący — hardware server
  • Polish: serwer-pośrednik — hardware server
  • Portuguese: servidor proxy — hardware server
  • Portuguese: proxy server — hardware server
  • Russian: про́кси-се́рвер (próksi-sérver) — hardware server
  • Russian: се́рвер-посре́дник (sérver-posrédnik) — hardware server
  • Serbo-Croatian: posrednički poslužitelj — hardware server
  • Serbo-Croatian: posrednički server — hardware server
  • Slovene: posredniški strežnik — hardware server
  • Slovene: namestniški strežnik — hardware server
  • Spanish: servidor proxy — hardware server
  • Swedish: proxyserver — hardware server
  • Turkish: vekil sunucu — hardware server