What are cookies when it comes to computer language?

Answer 1

So-called 'cookies' are tiny bits of program code automatically placed on your computer whenever you visit almost any website. The next time you log onto one of those websites the cookie enables the website manager to monitor your activity, like which pages you prefer, how long you spend on them, etc.,. Also many websites where a username and password are required store this data as a cookie on your system so the next time you log on you won't have to type in your user info.

Over time your computer can acquire a huge number of cookies. If you want you can delete all of them safely, except for those that store your username / password. Even then you can always type that stuff in again when you re-visit the particular website.

Answer 2

A cookie is a little nugget of information that many websites will save on your computer for various reasons. The most common use is with login pages so that the browser knows you are logged in even when you change pages. They can also be used for online "shopping carts" when you purchase things, so that it can keep track of what you've bought when you go to the checkout page. There are many other uses as well.

Answer 3

Cookies are small files that are created and used by web sites that you have visited to store information about you. Sometimes these files are used to track your activity as you go from web site to web site, so that they can know what web sites you have visited. It is a good idea to periodically delete the cookies on your computer.

Answer 4

Q. Can someone trace a cookie back to my computer, then browse through my personal files? My friend's computer was hacked by someone who said he followed a cookie back to his computer.
A. The hacker you refer to is either smart enough to keep his methods secret or a run-of-the-mill prankster. Cookies do not allow hackers to access your computer. They are ordinary text files stored on your hard drive.
Like your other files, they are protected by your computer's security. Software bugs and weak security are the real culprits.
Cookies are probably the most misunderstood feature of computerdom. They are inert text files that can't do much of anything. True, they can be used by advertisers to collect information on you. But, by and large, they do much more good than evil.
Cookies allow Web sites to be interactive. As text files, cookies provide the means for Web pages within the same site to pass notes to each other. Otherwise, any selections you make on one page are forgotten as soon as you click to another page.
Cookies are useful for shopping sites. A cookie can store a list of items you've selected to buy as you browse different product pages. Then the checkout page can read that list from the cookie. Another use for cookies is Web site customization. Cookies can be used to store your preferences for whenever you revisit a particular site.
Cookies usually do not carry information identifying a particular computer. You could transfer your cookies to another computer and use them just as well. They identify your computer to Web sites only as much as your car keys identify you to your car.
Most browsers allow cookies to be read by only the Web site to which they belong. This makes it difficult for any one site to track your Web surfing.
However, sometimes a Web site's advertiser will issue its own cookies. The cookies can be used to recognize your computer at any other site associated with that advertiser. Known as third party cookies, they can be an invasion of privacy.
Internet Explorer has privacy settings to address third party cookies. You can read about them on my Web site. In Firefox's privacy settings, you can choose to allow cookies "for the originating site only."

Answer 5

Cookies are small files stored in your pc which store user preferences and settings.cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences and the contents of their electronic shopping carts.

Answer 6

it saves ur IP adress and website u have been to .