A user agent is a string of text that a web browser or other client application sends to a web server along with each request made to it.
The string contains information about the client software, device, and operating system, as well as information about the application making the request.
This information can be used by the server to tailor the content it sends back to the client, or to track usage statistics for the site.
User-Agent strings can help a website to identify the client browser and version, in addition to the device, os, and client's application.