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A proof-of-work is the verifiable result obtained through a given work. Anyone should be able to make sure that a given share of work was accomplished.
This is used in bitcoin for blocks generation. The block hash itself is a proof-of-work, proving whoever generated that block deserves the associated transaction fees and reward.