Glossary: proxy and network terms
Short explanations of the terms you meet in proxy, antidetect browser and scraper settings.
- Antidetect browser
- An antidetect browser is a browser where each profile has its own fingerprint, its own cookies and its own proxy.
- ASN (autonomous system number)
- An ASN is the number of an ISP's or carrier's network on the internet; it shows who an IP address belongs to.
- Backconnect proxy
- A backconnect proxy is a setup where you connect to one gateway and it picks the exit address from a pool.
- Browser fingerprint
- A browser fingerprint is a set of technical traits by which a site recognizes a device even without cookies.
- CAPTCHA
- A CAPTCHA is a check a website uses to try to tell a human from a program.
- CGNAT
- CGNAT is a technology where a carrier puts hundreds of subscribers online through one shared IP address.
- Datacenter proxy
- A datacenter proxy is a proxy with a datacenter IP address: fast and inexpensive, but noticeable to some websites.
- DNS leak
- A DNS leak is when your ISP learns the names of the sites you visit, even though the requests go through a proxy.
- Geo-targeting
- Geo-targeting is choosing the place a proxy exits from: the country, the city and sometimes the ISP.
- HTTP proxy
- An HTTP proxy is a proxy that works over the HTTP protocol and understands requests to websites.
- IP address
- An IP address is a device's number on the network. It tells a site where to send the response and where the request came from.
- IP whitelist
- An IP whitelist is a way to use a proxy without a username and password: the proxy recognizes you by your IP address.
- Mobile proxy
- A mobile proxy is a proxy with a mobile carrier's IP address: the site sees a subscriber on mobile internet.
- Multi-accounting
- Multi-accounting is working with several accounts on one platform from one workstation.
- Proxy pool
- A proxy pool is a set of IP addresses from which the service gives out an address for your request.
- Proxy server
- A proxy server is a go-between for your device and a website: the site sees the proxy's address, not yours.
- Rate limit
- A rate limit is a request threshold after which a site temporarily stops responding to an address or account.
- Residential proxy
- A residential proxy is a proxy with a home internet IP address that an ISP assigned to an ordinary subscriber.
- Rotating proxy
- A rotating proxy changes the IP address automatically: on every request or after a set time.
- SOCKS5
- SOCKS5 is a proxy protocol that carries any connection without inspecting its contents.
- Sticky session
- A sticky session is a mode in which the proxy keeps the same IP address for a set time.
- Subnet
- A subnet is a group of neighboring IP addresses that belong to one network and differ in their last digits.
- User-Agent
- A User-Agent is a string in a request by which a browser or program tells the site what it is.
- Web scraping
- Web scraping is the automated collection of public data from web pages: prices, descriptions, stock, reviews.
- WebRTC leak
- A WebRTC leak is when the browser tells a site your real IP address, bypassing the proxy.
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