Where can you get a cookie?

Question

I know what cookies ARE, just not so much where you GET them.
Are cookies only on web sites you actually visit or can you get them from an ad that is on a web page?

For example - if I am looking at the main page of Yahoo and there is an ad for another site but I don't visit that other site, would I still get a cookie from the ad?

Only the sites I actually visit, right?

I knew I would get smart *** answers like the first two. Thanks for not letting me down!!

NIck B. - according to my bf (who is in computers for a lving - no, he was not helpful answering my question - says there is forensics software one can use on a computer. Unless the section of the hard drive where the file was originally stored, has beed overwritten or formatted (the whole disk), the file attributes are still recoverable. You'll need forensic grade software for this though.

Answer 1

Hmmm cookies yes you can't get cookies from sites you don't visit.
Most likely it's from some info you volunteered like looking for something local to you.

Answer 2

Cookies 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 themselves, their preferences or their requirements via forms input. The oft-cited example is the shopping list which might be added to from time to time.

Answer 3

dont think so i think u must go to that site also do yall no if when u delete cookies are they still able to be seen by like a professional looking at your computer

Answer 4

borrow from the cookie monster, since he's supposed to be cutting down on junk food!!

Answer 5

The grocery store.