2006-09-29 09:38:41 · 6 answers · asked by joe j 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
At the moment chocolate chip cumbs on my keyboard
2006-09-29 09:57:10 · answer #1 · answered by hat c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies are both good and bad.
Your browser [MSIE or Navigator etc] captures a cookie from the web sites that you go to. It stores them in it's "cache" [cash]
The next time you request that site the browser uses that cookie to display to you. It speeds up the response time of your computer. If you were watching something like live golf and checked the leader board, and then went to surfing and came back sometime later and checked the board you would get the same info. You would then refresh [F5] and then you would get the latest cookie. Most cookies are good but some can be bad, such as worms and Trojans etc, they can do harm.
Some people clear the cookies after each use [tool-inter,opt-browsing history.] On the next session your browser will again build up cookies from the sites you surf to. hope this helps...
I do not delete cookies on my computer except as regular maintenance once a month.
2006-09-29 16:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by papaalw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 UNIX computing which inspired both the idea and the name of HTTP cookies.
2006-09-29 16:47:14 · answer #3 · answered by tweety 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.webopedia.com
A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Also see session cookie and persistent cookie.
The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them. When you enter a Web site using cookies, you may be asked to fill out a form providing such information as your name and interests. This information is packaged into a cookie and sent to your Web browser which stores it for later use. The next time you go to the same Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the Web server. The server can use this information to present you with custom Web pages. So, for example, instead of seeing just a generic welcome page you might see a welcome page with your name on it.
The name cookie derives from UNIX objects called magic cookies. These are tokens that are attached to a user or program and change depending on the areas entered by the user or program.
2006-09-29 16:42:16 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies are actually harmless text files that certain web sites will place onto the hard drive of your computer. Your Internet Browser will then load the information into memory while you are visiting their site. The Cookie itself, actually takes up very little space and acts as an identification card for the visiting site. You can compare this to visiting your favorite restaurant where your food server will usually remember certain aspects of how you like your food prepared and what you usually order. This information would obviously be based upon his familiarity of your prior visits. Well Cookies actually act in a similar manner and do not contain viruses as a virus must be executable file.
2006-09-29 16:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are little pieces of code that the sites you visit put in your computer disk in order to allow them to identify you next time you go there.
2006-09-29 16:42:35 · answer #6 · answered by roshpi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋