Why reverse proxy is called reverse?

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1. #client
2. #through
3. #originate
4. #while
5. #requests
6. #cases
7. #internet
8. #servers
9. #forward
10. #proxies
11. #behind
12. #network
13. #proxy
14. #normally
15. #reverse
16. #balancers
17. #internal