4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)

I understand what all the pieces of information here mean except the 4.0.
The only software I use that is version 4.0 is HTML 4.0. Is that what the
4.0 means? If not, what does it mean?
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The 4.0 means that IE is compatible with Netscape 4.0 - which is why it says
4.0 (compatible; ...).
It tries to emulate Netscape for historic reasons - the user-agent string it
sends along contains Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; ...). FYI, Mozilla was the
code name for Netscape.

Nikhil Dabas