Could you please tell me what Firefox means?

Question

Also Cookies and Off Line.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Firefox is a web browser: http://www.firefox.com/

A cookie is a piece of information stored by a web site on your machine so that it can track or save information about your sessions across multiple visits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

Offline just means that something is not connected to the internet, or other network. Online means that it is.

Answer 2

Firefox is a type of web browser (like Internet Explorer or Netscape). A browser is the program you use to look at web pages. Firefox is supposed to be better than the other browsers because it doesn't allow spyware to be installed on your computer. Cookies are small files that are downloaded on to your computer from certain websites. Not all websites have cookies, but most that you have to log into do. These cookies basically "remind" that particular website of your information. Offline means that you are not currently connected to the Internet. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Firefox is a web browser similar to Microsoft Internet Explorer with a few different features such as tabbed browsing meaning that your web pages aren't loaded into different windows but rather tabs that you can access with just the click of a mouse button. Cookies are a small text file that are stashed in your computer's cache folder. Cookies are what web sites store on your computer so the site can remember stuff like your user name or any forms that you have filled out. Off Line means that you are not connected to the internet.

Answer 4

Firefox is an internet browser just like IE (internet explorer) cookies are what some websites need in order for you to see the website, cookies are stored in your computer it keeps tabs so to speak on every website that you go to and everything you do on the computer, offline means that you are offline, or that the website is not working if you get an error page that says, Cannot Display... just refresh or restart your computer it's just an error message. Or you can work offline, as in use IE or Firefox but not be online.

Answer 5

Firefox
The project which became Firefox started as an experimental branch of the Mozilla Suite called m/b (or mozilla/browser). When sufficiently developed, binaries for public testing appeared in September 2002 under the name Phoenix.

The Phoenix name survived until April 14, 2003, when it changed because of trademark issues with the BIOS manufacturer, Phoenix Technologies (who produce a BIOS-based browser called Phoenix FirstWare Connect). The new name, Firebird, provoked mixed reactions, particularly since the free database software Firebird uses the same name. In late April, following an apparent name change to Firebird browser for a few hours, the Mozilla Foundation stated that the browser should always bear the name Mozilla Firebird in order to avoid confusion with the Firebird database server. However, continuing pressure from the FLOSS community forced another change, and on February 9, 2004, Mozilla Firebird became Mozilla Firefox (or Firefox for short).

The Mozilla Foundation chose the name "Firefox" for its similarity to "Firebird" but also for its uniqueness in the computing industry. To avoid any potential further name changes, the Mozilla Foundation began the process of registering Firefox as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in December 2003.[9] As "Firefox" already existed as a registered trademark in the United Kingdom, the Mozilla Foundation licensed the name from the trademark's owner.

Cookies
Its name derives from the Dutch word koekje which means little cake, and arrived in the English language via the Scots language, rather than directly from the Dutch. In Scottish English the word denotes a small scone-like cake or bun, often filled with cream.

Cookies were first made from little pieces of cake batter that were cooked separately in order to test oven temperature. The ancestor of the cookie is said to have come from Persia (from the Persian kooluchih) in the 7th century according to many sources.

An HTTP cookie, or a Web cookie, is a parcel of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server. HTTP cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences and the contents of their electronic shopping carts. The term "cookie" is derived from "magic cookie", a well-known concept in computing which inspired both the idea and the name of HTTP cookies.

Also a cookie can be a hidden piece of code in a program (also called easter egg)

Off line
The term is the oposite of On-line and both terms have their origins in telecommunication. The term off-line has the following meanings:

1. Pertaining to the operation of a functional unit when not under the direct control of the system with which it is associated.

Note 1: Off-line units are not available for immediate use on demand by the system.

Note 2: Off-line units may be independently operated.

2. Pertaining to equipment that is disconnected from a system, is not in operation, and usually has its main power source disconnected or turned off (off-power).

3. Being offline, is the state of being away from a computer that is connected to the Internet.

Answer 6

Firefox is a kind of web browser (like Internet Explorer or Netscape or Safari for MAC users)

Cookies are temporary internet files that are automatically saved by your computer whenever you visit a website. This is done for quicker access the next time you try to access the site. However, this cookie folder needs to be deleted at a regular basis to prevent congestion which may cause slow browsing.

Offline is when you are not Online, in short you are not connected to the internet. you might wanna try checking with your ISP. =)

Answer 7

Firefox is a web browser like Internet Explorer only better. Unlike IE, it doesn't allow malicious websites to run programs on your computer without permission. Mozilla designed it and you can add a number of helpful extensions to it. I like it better than IE.

Cookies are little pieces of data sent to your browser from a visited website and stored on your computer. They are used to keep track of state. This means a webpage can appear differently based on the data stored in your personal cookie. For example, after you logged in to Yahoo, the page says "Welcome" followed by your name. The information to retrieve your name was stored in the cookie. Your actual name and private information was not stored in the cookie. It typically contains an encrypted key that will get the information from a database.

Off-line is when your computer is not on-line. It also means a peripherial device not connected to the network. The term can refer to an electronic device that does not function. This is synonymous with "down." When you are not at your computer, you are said to be off-line. In this sense, off-line means real life.

Answer 8

Mozilla Firefox (originally known as "Phoenix" and briefly as "Mozilla Firebird") is a free, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and hundreds of volunteers. It is like Internet Explorer of Microsoft, Netscape, Safari (for Macs). It allows you to go to different web pages and view their contents.

Cookies on the other hand provide a means for a Web server to induce a client to store information about itself which can subsequently be called up by the Web server when required. This might be information which the user has supplied about your self, like when you are signing up web forms. Another example is the Cart list which you can add things you shop online when you visited an eShop store.

Off line means you are not connected to the internet. You cannot access your mail, you cannot open up your homepage.

Answer 9

Fire fox is an Internet explorer like program.

Cookies are little thingies that every web site you visit put on your computer supposedly to make it faster the next time. But after awhile they can slow your computer down and you can safely delete them and temporary Internet files.. go to tools top of the browser, click on that see Internet options click on that on the general tab you will see where it says delete files and delete cookies. You can safely and should from time to time delete them It will NOT hurt your machine..

And off line means you are NOT on the Internet..

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Answer 10

firefox is just another internet browser, like internet explorer and netscape and etc etc. cookies is kinda like... a memory i guess you could say that your computer stores from a website that you were on. it remembers various things. off line? you mean like off line web pages? well off line pretty much just means when your not connected. some people store pages, so they can use them when they aren't connected... well i hope this helps i could be wrong but this is what i think it is... hahaha