Drum roll please.........your User Agent is...
...and probably a mobile device.
So, you ask, what the heck is this geek speak?
Every request you make while surfing the web is supposed to include a user agent string. It's a hodgepodge of information that is designed to tell the web server something about the web client. The web client is your browser, and put in context of the OS and hardware it's running on, you get "User Agent". The HTTP User-Agent string contains tidbits of data, (product tokens), that are supposed to identify things like:
- browser name and version
- operating system name and version
- and maybe the make and model of your device, (pc, smartphone, tablet or whatever.)
What is it used for?
- statistical analysis and quantifying browser, os and device trends
- help tailor responses from the web server, e.g., to avoid client/device limitations
Techniques for detecting a mobile device commonly make use of the user agent string. Sometimes this will cause the web visitor to be redirected to a "mobile" site. It may even be used to drive advertising.
This site uses open source, regular expressions, found at Detect Mobile Browsers, to detect mobile. It's not an exact science by any means!