What is gzip(gfe)?

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Solution

I found this on a link (link defunct, no Wayback)

gzip is as software application for compression and uncompression. This token means, that the server request/response is compressed.

gfe means the Google Front End

You will see this token, if an user translate your website in another language with the Google Translator.

Problem

I see `gzip(gfe)` in the User Agent in my logs. Here is an example: ``` 05-18 06:44AM 00.897 /NTp9 405 17ms 0cpu_ms 0kb Twitterbot/0.1,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) 128.242.241.133 - - [18/May/2010:06:44:00 -0700] "HEAD /NTp9 HTTP/1.1" 405 124 - "Twitterbot/0.1,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe)" ``` Does anyone know what this is?

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