just looking for a basic explination
2006-12-04 13:53:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Cookies were introduced to Internet browsing by the pioneering firm Netscape.The name "cookie" was a term already in use in computer science for describing a piece of data held by an intermediary.
Internet cookies are small pieces of information in text format that are downloaded to your computer when you visit many Web sites. The cookie may come from the Web site itself or from the providers of the advertising banners or other graphics that make up a Web page. Thus visiting a single Web site can actually result in the downloading of multiple cookies, each from a different source. You may never actually visit a page of one of the major advertising agencies like Doubleclick.com but you will still get cookies from them. Cookies typically contain some kind of ID number, a domain that the cookie is valid for, and an expiration date. They may also contain other tracking information such as login names and pages visited. Since they are in text format, they can be read with a regular text editor such as Notepad although the contents may not necessarily seem to make a lot of sense.
There are a number of cookie viewers available, which will also give some information about the meaning of the content. A good freeware program is Karen’s Cookie Viewer by the well-known programmer, Karen Kenworthy. Other software is listed in the sidebar. These programs can also be used to delete selected cookies.
2006-12-04 13:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Xiangwei Xi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies are little files that web pages put on your hard drive. They may collect information about your internet habits or save data for the next time you open the page that created them.
2006-12-04 13:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just logs from a website that let them know when you are on their site....but beware...some cookies arent always friendly. They are mainly used for saving information that you have done on that site, like if you want Yahoo Mail to remember you everytime you login, thats how that happens...if you delete that cookie, then you have to lgoin mannualy.
2006-12-04 13:57:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cookies are files that is stored in your computer by the website that you visit. so that when you visit that same website again, they know its you. that is why when you log in to some website and type your name or username, the password is automatically entered, you just need to click OK or ENTER. also in some website you dont need to put your username and password anymore, you just need to click OK.
2006-12-04 13:58:52 · answer #4 · answered by acris46 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temporary files that are stored on your computer when you visit websites. Deleting them will not effect anything.
2006-12-04 13:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theyre files that sites download into your computer to make them load faster the next time you visit.
2006-12-04 14:14:00 · answer #6 · answered by meganreeves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋