2007-07-13 15:14:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
A cookies are small bits of information which websites leave on your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer) after you visit them. They can be used for a number of things. For example, if you have a Yahoo! E-mail account, the website will save your user id and password so you don't always have to enter them each time you visit. Another example, Amazon.com might keep a list of items you looked at so that, in future visits, Amazon can suggest items you might be interested in buying. The information left behind differs among the different websites.
2007-07-13 15:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies are just small .txt (text) files that by themselves cannot hurt your computer. Cookies are "set" by almost every website that you visit, on every visit. You can delete all your cookies today and by tomorrow you will have dozens again just by visiting websites.
Cookies are NOT a virus.
Cookies do NOT slow down a computer, at least the first million or so that you might have on your computer!
Children are the people that are always the most nervous about cookies. Because cookies are an easy way for Mommy and Daddy to find out exactly what their darling 'lil kids have been looking at on the web.
Personally, If I happen to remember it, I will delete my cookies every 6 months or so :-)
Just don't delete any cookies for websites that you have forgotton the password for. Without cookies you will need to sign-in again until the site generates a new cookie.
Cookies are much ado about nothin'.
2007-07-13 15:28:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a Web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a Web page.
2007-07-13 15:17:38 · answer #3 · answered by Dragon5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is stored information such as how you don't have to type in your user name and password everytime in Yahoo!.
2007-07-13 15:17:38 · answer #4 · answered by Yahoo! Answerer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
2007-07-13 15:18:00 · answer #5 · answered by Geek Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋