Web browsers created in the United States, such as Netscape Navigator
and Internet Explorer, use the letters U, I, and N, to specify the
encryption strength in the user agent string. Until the US government
allowed encryption with keys longer than 40 bits to be exported, in
1996, vendors shipped various browser versions with different encryption
strengths. "U" stands for "USA" (for the version with 128-bit
encryption), "I" stands for "International"--the browser has 40-bit
encryption and can be used anywhere in the world--and "N" stands (de
facto) for "None" (no encryption).[5] Following the lifting of export
restrictions, most vendors supported 256-bit encryption.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent

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