What exactly do cookies do?
2006-12-14 16:20:58 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Understanding cookies
Some Web sites store information in a small text file on your computer. This file is called a cookie.
There are several types of cookies, and you can choose whether to allow some, none, or all of them to be saved on your computer. If you do not allow cookies at all, you may not be able to view some Web sites or take advantage of customization features (such as local news and weather, or stock quotes).
How cookies are used
A cookie is a file created by an Internet site to store information on your computer, such as your preferences when visiting that site. For example, if you inquire about a flight schedule at an airline's Web site, the site might create a cookie that contains your itinerary. Or it might only contain a record of the pages you looked at within the site you visited, to help the site customize the view for you the next time you visit.
Cookies can also store personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, e-mail address, home or work address, or telephone number. However, a Web site only has access to the personally identifiable information that you provide. For example, a Web site cannot determine your e-mail name unless you provide it. Also, a Web site cannot gain access to other information on your computer.
Once a cookie is saved on your computer, only the Web site that created the cookie can read it.
2006-12-14 16:29:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are a very small piece of code that is saved on your computer. They act as an identifier. There is no personal information in them. Here is a very simple example of how they work. "You log-in to your favorite website, where you are a member. You enter your user name and password. The website gives your PC a number. Now when you click a link in that site an go to a different page the website needs to know if you have logged-in, it can now check the code [cookie] and see that you have. That sites admin can look at his stats and tell what pages you looked at. It keeps track of what you did. If there were no cookies, you would have to log-in to see each page.
2006-12-15 00:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by Webmaster Tim 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a cookie is infomation about you and where you go on the internet, some sites need to have cookis on your computer so that it can do certain but mostly it is to spy on you to see where you go on the internet
so after you finish on the internet it is always best to clear all cookies and history form your computer before you log off
2006-12-15 00:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's like a movie ticket you go in come back out go back in same thing and if you throw away the cookie or delete it then it charges you again. or google it.
2006-12-15 00:24:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Food- They sit there until someone eats them, or they get moldy or whatever. Computer, it stores data on the websites you visit.
2006-12-15 00:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are lil baked things of goodness!
2006-12-15 00:28:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋