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Proxy
In plain English
What does Proxy mean?
A server that forwards your traffic so websites see its IP address instead of yours, used for location testing and account isolation.
Proxies come in types: datacenter (cheap, easily detected), residential (real ISP addresses, expensive, trusted), mobile (carrier addresses, most trusted, priciest) and ISP (static residential). Affiliates use them to view geo-targeted ads and landers, to scrape, and to give each antidetect profile its own IP.