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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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P

Pay-as-you-go

PAYG billing

A no-subscription billing model — top up the balance with $5-50 and spend it at your own pace. Ideal for irregular jobs and tests.

PII

Personally Identifiable Information legal

Personal data: name, email, phone, address, photo. Collecting PII falls under GDPR/CCPA — you need a lawful basis for processing.

Port

technical

Numeric identifier for a proxy endpoint (1-65535). Standard ones: 80, 8080, 8000 (HTTP), 443 (HTTPS), 1080 (SOCKS5). On mobile dedicated, a separate port = a separate SIM.

Proxy Manager

tooling

Software for centrally managing a proxy pool: Bright Data Proxy Manager, FoxyProxy, Proxychains. Allows rules-based routing.

Puppeteer