different between function vs proxy

English

Etymology

From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functi? (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??(k)??n/, /?f??k?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??k??n/, [?f??k???n], [?f??k?n?]
• Hyphenation: func?tion
• Rhymes: -??k??n

Noun

function (plural functions)

1. What something does or is used for.

   Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use

2. A professional or official position.

   Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role

4. An official or social occasion.

   Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function

5. Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
6. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
7. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.

   Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation

   Hypernym: relation

8. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.

   Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct

9. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
10. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
11. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.

Hyponyms

• subfunction

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)

1. (intransitive) To have a function.

   Synonyms: officiate, serve

2. (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.

   Synonyms: go, operate, run, work

   Antonym: malfunction

Related terms

• functional
• dysfunction, dysfunctional

Translations

Middle French

Noun

function f (plural functions)

1. function (what something's intended use is)

Descendants

• ? English: function
• French: fonction

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??k.si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??k.si/
• Rhymes: -?ksi

Etymology 1

Contraction of Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin pr?c?r?ti?, from Latin pr?c?r? (“I manage, administer”) (English procure).

Adjective

proxy (not comparable)

1. Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

Translations

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

1. An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

   • Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.

2. The authority to act for another, especially when written.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.

3. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

4. (sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
5. (software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

Synonyms

• deputy
• substitute
• representative
• See also Thesaurus:deputy

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

proxy (third-person singular simple present proxies, present participle proxying, simple past and past participle proxied)

1. To serve as a proxy for.
   • 1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143

     In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.

2. (networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

Etymology 2

proximity + -y.

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

1. (video game slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
   • 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ [1]

     (Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)

   • 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough [2]

     the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.

   • 2002, "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby [3]

     Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.

   • 2006, "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ [4]

     You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies.

Synonyms

• proxy mine

Italian

Noun

proxy m (invariable)

1. (computing) proxy (interface program)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English proxy.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?p??.ksi/

Noun

proxy m (plural proxies)

1. (software) proxy (software serving as an interface for a service)
2. Clipping of servidor proxy.

Turkish

Noun

proxy (definite accusative proxyi, plural proxyler)

1. (computing) The proxy.

Declension

Synonyms

• vekil sunucu
• yetkili sunucu