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Define implementation-defined #299

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either width or height is zero"), means an inclusive "or" (implying "or both"), unless it is called
out as being exclusive (with "but not both").

<p>A <dfn export>user agent</dfn> is any software that acts on behalf of a user, for example by
retrieving and rendering web content and facilitating end user interaction with it. In
specifications using the Infra Standard, the user agent is generally the client software that
implements the specification.
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<p>A <dfn export lt="user agent|implementation">user agent</dfn> is any software that acts on behalf
of a user, for example by retrieving and rendering web content and facilitating end user interaction
with it. In specifications using the Infra Standard, the user agent is generally the client software
that implements the specification. <a>Implementation</a> can be used as a synonym for
<a>user agent</a>.

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<p>If something is said to be <dfn export>implementation-defined</dfn>, the particulars of what is
said to be <a>implementation-defined</a> are up to the <a>user agent</a>. In the absence of such
language, the reverse holds: <a>user agents</a> have to follow the rules laid out in documents using
this standard.

<p class="example" id=example-implementation-defined>Insert U+000A (LF) code points into
<var ignore>input</var> in an <a>implementation-defined</a> manner such that each resulting line has
no more than <var ignore>width</var> code points. For the purposes of this requirement, lines are
delimited by the start of <var ignore>input</var>, the end of <var ignore>input</var>, and
U+000A (LF).


<h3 id=privacy>Privacy concerns</h3>
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