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user agent

A client program that is used to access servers on a network, typically the Internet. It may refer to an email client (see messaging system), a Web browser, search engine spider or any other program in the user's machine that is accessing a service on the Internet (see user agent string).
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The phone surfaced via the handset's User Agent (UA) profile available on Huawei's website.
SDSON consists of three kinds of logical entities including user agent, relay server, and relay controller.
Karthik Ramalingam, a Senior Manager for product development of the company said, "GL's Message Automation & Protocol Simulation (MAPS[TM]) designed for SIP testing can simulate User Agents (User Agent Client- UAC, User Agent Server-UAS), Proxy, Redirect, Registrar and Registrant servers.
User Agent : User Agent identifies the browser and the required details of computer system.
Beginning in March, it will also be available for Samsung Internet for Android 4.0, a Web browser based on Google Chrome ( see the discussion in Samsung's User Agent String Format for developers ).
Web mapping usually involves a web browser or other user agent capable of client-server interactions.
When working with dynamic content, it is important to make sure the user agent detection is configured properly.
It simulates any interface in a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) network, including multiple user agents (user agent client, user agent server), registrant, proxy, redirect, and registrar servers.
The SmartNode SIP back-to-back user agent ensures secure, interoperability when connecting an IP PBX with any SIP trunking service or softswitch.
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