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User-Agent header
the Web
software agent
end-user
web browsers
Google Chrome
Safari
email clients
download managers
youtube-dl
command-line
cURL
client–server system
HTTP
User-Agent header
spoofed
other detection methods
"W3C Definition of User Agent"



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