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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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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

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SOCKS5

type
A lower-level proxy protocol than HTTP — supports any traffic, not just HTTP. Used for UDP, P2P and non-standard protocols.
See also: http-proxy