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Glossary of proxy and scraping terms

Industry jargon explained in plain English: residential, ASN, fingerprint, KYC, sticky session, CGN, JA3, anti-detect and ~50 more. Useful for newcomers and for anyone talking to a provider's support team.

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Headless browser

technical
A browser without a UI — Puppeteer (Chromium), Playwright. Used for scraping automation. Many sites detect headless mode through dedicated JS checks.
See also: puppeteer playwright

HTTP proxy

type
The most common protocol. Works with HTTP/HTTPS traffic. The standard for web scraping and browser automation.
See also: socks5