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Editorial: structure quoted 'user agent' to match original and simplify
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maryjom authored Jul 9, 2024
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WCAG 2 defines **user agent** as:

><DL><DT>user agent</DT><DD>
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> any software that retrieves and presents Web content for users
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any software that retrieves and presents Web content for users

<div class="example">

>Web browsers, media players, plug-ins, and other programs—including [assistive technologies](#dfn-assistive-technologies)—that help in retrieving, rendering, and interacting with Web content.</div>
Web browsers, media players, plug-ins, and other programs — including <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag22/#dfn-assistive-technologies">assistive technologies</a> — that help in retrieving, rendering, and interacting with Web content.</div>
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For non-web ICT, “user agent” needs to be viewed differently. In WCAG 2, the term “user agent” only refers to retrieval and display of web content. For non-web ICT, the term “user agent” refers to retrieval and display of separate content that is _not on the Web_, which WCAG2ICT refers to as a “document”. Within WCAG2ICT, the term “user agent” is used as follows:

<DL><DT>user agent (as used in WCAG2ICT)</DT><DD>
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