What is the purpose of reverse proxy?

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1. What is the difference between a proxy and a reverse proxy?
2. What is proxy IP?
3. How does reverse proxy work?
4. Are proxies dangerous?
5. What is SSL connection?
6. What is https proxy?
7. Does a proxy hide your IP?
8. Can a proxy server be traced?
9. Should I use a proxy server?
10. Why do we use reverse proxy?

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8. #network
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16. #provides
17. #proxy
18. #server
19. #requests
20. #ensure
21. #smooth
22. #appropriate
23. #between
24. #abstraction