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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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API rotation

technical
Changing the IP address by calling a separate API endpoint (rather than rotating on a timer or per request). Lets you rotate programmatically — for example on receipt of an HTTP 429.
See also: rotation sticky-session

E

Endpoint

technical
The connection point to a proxy. Format host:port, e.g. gate.smartproxy.com:7000. A single provider may have dozens of endpoints for different geos and modes.
See also: gateway port

L

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

P

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.
See also: endpoint