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Why are there proxy processes between clients and logic processes in C/S application?

In real world networking software following c/s model, there are always proxy server processes between clients and server processes dealing with business logic, why we need proxy to isolate the logic ...
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Is there really such a thing as “push”?

Once you escape the realm of electrical signals and are dealing with software, is there really such a thing as a "push" architecture where there isn't periodic polling? I can't think of any design ...