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User Agent – Definition, Types and Examples

May 7, 2023 by Paul Crain

A user agent is a software application that interacts with a network service on behalf of a user. In the World Wide Web context, a user agent typically refers to a web browser or other software that communicates with web servers via the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The user agent identifies itself to the server by sending … Read more

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