proxies
Authorized substitute representatives
Proxies is the plural of proxy.
A proxy is a person or thing authorized to act on another's behalf: She voted by proxy at the shareholders' meeting.
In computing, a proxy server acts as an intermediary between a user and the internet.
Proxy extends to anything standing in for something else: GDP is often used as a proxy for economic well-being.
Agent connecting separate parties
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
- agentOne who acts independently
liaison · negotiator · conduit · facilitator · emissary · envoy · channel · ambassador
Replacement for another
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- alternateOccur in succession
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- understudyBackup actor, ready nightly
backup · reserve · surrogate · pinch-hitter · locum · double · relief · placeholder
One who attends tables
- IP addressDevice's unique network number
- VPNEncrypted network connection
- anonymizerService obscuring user identity
- firewallNetwork access control system
gateway · cache · redirect · tunnel · relay · mask · bypass · filter
Power to enforce obedience
- votingFormally registering a choice
- appointeePerson named to position
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- power of attorneyLegal authority for another's decisions
mandate · authorization · empowerment · agency · entrustment · assignment · shareholder · ballot
Digital user representation
- effigySculpted human representation
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- figureOutline or numeral
- iconPictorial screen symbol
image · model · stand-in · dummy · facsimile · symbolic · token · placeholder
go-between
Agent connecting separate parties
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
agent · liaison · negotiator · conduit · facilitator · emissary · envoy · channel · ambassador · representative
substitute
Replacement for another
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- alternateOccur in succession
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
understudy · backup · reserve · surrogate · pinch-hitter · locum · double · relief · placeholder · temp
server
One who attends tables
- IP addressDevice's unique network number
- VPNEncrypted network connection
- anonymizerService obscuring user identity
firewall · gateway · cache · redirect · tunnel · relay · mask · bypass · filter · network
authority
Power to enforce obedience
power of attorney · mandate · authorization · empowerment · agency · entrustment · assignment · shareholder · ballot · representation
avatar
Digital user representation
- effigySculpted human representation
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- figureOutline or numeral
icon · image · model · stand-in · dummy · facsimile · symbolic · token · placeholder · analog
gestational carrier
Person carrying another's pregnancy
- birth motherParent who delivered child
- fosterEncourage development of
- adoptiveLegally taking as one's own
parental · guardian · custodian · caretaker · surrogate mother · womb · fertility · IVF · egg donor · sperm donor
- substitutessubstitute, subs, replacement, substitutes, stand-in
- Post-productionediting, editor, color grading, film editor, color correction
- HOAhomeowners association, condo association, HOA, CC&Rs, covenants
- legal actsassignment, agreements, bequest, contracts, conveyance
- back channelsback doors, intermediaries, go-betweens, middlemen
- intermediariesmiddleman, middlemen, go-between, go-betweens, broker
proxiesprincipals
Chief school administrators
originators · delegators · constituents · self-representation · clients
proxiesoriginals
Authentic first versions
the real thing · primary sources · ground truth · genuine articles · raw data
- close proximityBeing very near
- forced proximityRequired physical or social nearness
- proximity sensorContactless object detector
- proximity mineExplosive triggered by nearness
- proximity alertSignal warning of nearness
- proximity cardContactless entry credential
approximate, approximately, proximity, approximation, proximate, approximating, approximates