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Definition: The navigator contains information that the browser supplies to the web page such as what browser it claims to be, what operating system it thinks is running on the computer, and other similar information. This is not a reserved word so you can declare your own variable or function called navigator but if you do then you will not be able to reference the navigator information.
Examples:
if (navigator.appVersion > 4)
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