glossary:user_agent
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+ | ====== User Agent ====== | ||
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+ | An interactive computer program that provides a user interface to a [[client-server_application|client-server]] or [[peer-to-peer]] application. Modern user agents often provide a friendly, easy to use, graphical user interface that hides the details of the underlying [[application protocol]]. In many cases, a //user agent// will implement the client-side protocols of a networked application, | ||
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+ | Examples of well known user agents are [[web browser|web browsers]], [[e-mail]] clients, instant messaging clients, [[FTP]] clients, [[telnet]] clients, [[file sharing]] tools, etc. Depending on the application, | ||
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+ | [[Glossary]] : [[glossary# | ||
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