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Define "user agent". #269

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Define "user agent".
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Don't capitalize "web" per https://whatwg.org/style-guide#casing.
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either width or height is zero"), means an inclusive "or" (implying "or both"), unless it is called
out as being exclusive (with "but not both").

<p>A <dfn export>user agent</dfn> is any software that acts on behalf of a user, for example by
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<p>A <dfn export>user agent</dfn> is any software that acts on behalf of a user, for example by
<p>A <dfn export>user agent</dfn> is any software that acts on behalf of a user; for example by

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The interwebs say to use a semicolon here (and a comma after) when the second bit is a complete sentence, which it isn't here. I don't feel strongly, of course.

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The interwebs say to use a semicolon here (and a comma after) when the second bit is a complete sentence, which it isn't here. I don't feel strongly, of course.

I don’t feel strongly about it either — so it’s fine by me to leave it as-is

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I still think s/for example/such as/ is a better approach.

retrieving and rendering web content and facilitating end user interaction with it. In
specifications using the Infra Standard, the user agent is generally the client software that
implements the specification.


<h2 id=algorithms>Algorithms</h2>

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