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Browser detection

Definition by Best Host Ratings

When a web server and/or website tries to determine the browser name and version that the visitor is using. Some sites have different coding for different kind of browsers in order to offer better cross-browser compatibility and better user experience. This is done as not all browsers have the same features and or support certain HTML coding techniques.


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