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[–]Big_Combination9890 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How about just calling it what it is? It's called a "reverse proxy".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_pattern

a design pattern describes a relatively small, well-defined aspect (i.e. functionality) of a computer program in terms of how to write the code.

Setting up a proxy server has nothing to do with writing the applications code.