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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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Latency

performance
Delay from request to response through a proxy. Datacenter: 20-80ms, ISP: 50-150ms, residential: 100-500ms, mobile: 200-1000ms.
See also: throughput success-rate

Load balancing

technical
Automatically distributing requests between multiple proxy endpoints to avoid overloading any one of them. Implemented client-side or via tools like Bright Data's Proxy Manager.
See also: rotation