I saw the word on my computer.
2007-01-12 06:36:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Gigyti.... Enjoy your cookies.
2007-01-16 02:22:54 · update #1
HTTP cookies, sometimes known as web cookies or just cookies, are parcels 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.
Cookies have been of concern for Internet privacy, since they can be used for tracking browsing behavior. As a result, they have been subject to legislation in various countries such as the United States and in the European Union. Cookies have also been criticised because the identification of users they provide is not always accurate and because they could potentially be used for network attacks. Some alternatives to cookies exist, but each has its own drawbacks.
Cookies are also subject to a number of misconceptions, mostly based on the erroneous notion that they are computer programs. In fact, cookies are simple pieces of data unable to perform any operation by themselves. In particular, they are neither spyware nor viruses, despite the detection of cookies from certain sites by many anti-spyware products.
Most modern browsers allow users to decide whether to accept cookies, but rejection makes some websites unusable. For example, shopping baskets implemented using cookies do not work if cookies are rejected
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_%28computing%29
2007-01-12 06:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by memo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cookies = (Internet Browser) - Holds information on the times and dates you have visited web sites. Other information can also be saved to your hard disk in these text files, including information about online purchases, validation information about you for members-only web sites, and more.
are small files that can be created and written to by a programming/scripting language. The most common are JavaScript cookies that are read/written to a user's hard drive by a JavaScript program that runs in the web browser when a user visits a web site. These are an example of client-side cookies but server-side cookies may be created by languages such as PHP. ...
2007-01-12 14:39:06 · answer #2 · answered by Devil Dog 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A cookie is a small text file that stores information about you when you log in to a site. For example, when you log in to Yahoo and then you go to another site and go back to it later and you are still logged in, it is because Yahoo set a cookie that remembered who you were.
2007-01-12 14:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by mathu9 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. It is a small, usually harmless data file that tells the site that you have been there before. Sometimes sites share cookies, meaning they can see what your interests are. Then can all be safely deleted.
2007-01-12 14:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
These are book keeping information that the websites, that you visit keep on your computer.
For example some web sites have the option of remembering your login name. They do this by storing your login name in a file on your computer. Next time you visit the website they read the file and display your login name automatically.
2007-01-12 14:42:25 · answer #5 · answered by arun_uj 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
....I like da cookie.
the cookie monster eats nothing but a steady diet of cookies daily.
I like my cookies with milk.
I got engaged. I did it for the cookie.
girl scout cookies are made by poor homeless children that work 14 hour days just to bring you a fine variety of selfish pleasures...enjoy!
2007-01-12 14:46:05 · answer #6 · answered by user name 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋