What does proxy server mean in internet jargon?

Answer 1

Proxy server come in different flavors, but basically it a device that sits between you network and the internet. It filters all request in and out to check if they meet certian specification. They can be used for caching, content filtering and blocking just to name a few

Answer 2

A proxy server is a computer that offers a computer network service to allow clients to make indirect network connections to other network services. A client connects to the proxy server, then requests a connection, file, or other resource available on a different server. The proxy provides the resource either by connecting to the specified server or by serving it from a cache. In some cases, the proxy may alter the client's request or the server's response for various purposes.
Client is your computer, main server is the yahoo, hotmail etc server, thus proxy comes in between.

Answer 3

A proxy in normal terms is someone that is authorized to act for another. A proxy server does the same, it accesses other servers on the Internet on behalf of another computer. it is often used because of a firewall or to improve the connection through the use of a cache and also to filter unwanted sites (at a school for example) or to change the content for browsing on a cell phone.

Answer 4

Some companies use a proxy server that works as a gate to the internet, so in order to connect to the internet you need to know the proxy server address, thats what in a few words is.

Answer 5

hi,

A proxy server is a computer that offers a computer network service to allow clients to make indirect network connections to other network services. A client connects to the proxy server, then requests a connection, file, or other resource available on a different server.

You can read more at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server

Thanks

Answer 6

Proxy Server means that your computer is using an external firewall to access the internet where any one outside the domain would think of the firewall as your computer. It is specially good against any spyware or virus attacks.

Answer 7

a proxy server is a computer on a network that hides the IP-addresses of individual hosts/computers on its network or in simple words it replaces the sender's address with its own address for security purpose.