Proxy & web scraping glossary
Plain-English definitions of the residential proxy, networking, and web-scraping concepts you'll meet while building with Aethyn — each one a quick, citable reference.
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Residential Proxy
A proxy that routes traffic through a real ISP-assigned home IP address.
Datacenter Proxy
A proxy hosted in a data center, fast and cheap but easier to detect.
Mobile Proxy
A proxy that routes through a mobile carrier (3G/4G/5G) IP address.
ISP Proxy
A static IP hosted in a data center but registered to a residential ISP.
Rotating Proxy
A proxy that automatically assigns a new IP on a schedule or per request.
Sticky Session
Holding the same proxy IP for a set duration across multiple requests.
SOCKS5 Proxy
A flexible proxy protocol that forwards any TCP/UDP traffic, not just HTTP.
HTTP Proxy
A proxy that understands and forwards HTTP/HTTPS web traffic.
Proxy Pool
The collection of available IP addresses a provider can route through.
Proxy Server
An intermediary server that forwards requests between client and target.
Geo-Targeting
Selecting a proxy IP from a specific country, city, or region.
ASN (Autonomous System Number)
A unique number identifying a network operator's block of IP addresses.