2006-10-01 21:59:59 · 3 answers · asked by mgs3snake1986 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
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. Let us look at some of the ways that Cookies act as an identification card.
2006-10-01 22:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_%28computing%29
2006-10-02 05:03:30 · answer #2 · answered by economiss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.cookiecentral.com/c_concept.htm
2006-10-02 05:01:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋