Imagine you’re at a big event, and there’s a person at the entrance checking tickets. That person is like a reverse proxy for the event. When someone arrives and wants to get in, they don’t go directly to the main area. Instead, they go to the person at the entrance who checks their ticket and then lets them in. Similarly, a reverse proxy is like a middleman between users and web servers. When someone wants to access a website or service, they first connect to the reverse proxy, which then forwards their request to the appropriate server. This helps with things like load balancing, caching, and security, making sure everything runs smoothly and efficiently behind the scenes.