51 degrees user agent

1. What does AppleWebKit 537.36 Khtml like gecko mean?
2. What does Khtml like gecko mean?
3. What is a user agent device?
4. Can user agent be spoofed?

What does AppleWebKit 537.36 Khtml like gecko mean?

AppleWebKit/537.36 indicates what browser rendering engine is used. A rendering engine is what transforms HTML into an interactive webpage on the user's screen. The WebKit browser engine was developed by Apple and is primarily used by Safari, Chromium, and all other WebKit-based browsers. (KHTML, like Gecko).

What does Khtml like gecko mean?

KHTML is an engine used by Safari and Chrome. Gecko is the engine used in the latest versions of Firefox. The “like Gecko” token is used to be compatible with the websites that serve their content to Geko-based browsers. Safari is the token that indicates an actual browser name.

What is a user agent device?

The User-Agent (UA) string is contained in the HTTP headers and is intended to identify devices requesting online content. The User-Agent tells the server what the visiting device is (among many other things) and this information can be used to determine what content to return.

Can user agent be spoofed?

User-agent spoofing is a form of fraud where the string of data is modified to provide false information or hide details – for example, a bot making multiple automated requests for content from a single device could modify the user agent string to pretend those requests (and the resulting impressions) are from multiple ...