What are cookies??????

Answer 1

They are text files placed on your PC through your browser by any website you visit. This can include ads on the pages you visit. See the entry below for a much more detailed discussion.

Answer 2

HTTP cookies, sometimes
known as web cookies or just cookies,
are parcels of text sent by a s
erver to a web browser and then s
ent 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 or 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.

Answer 3

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 or 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 criticized because the identification of users they provide is not always accurate and because they could potentially be a target of network attackers. Some alternatives to cookies exist, but each has its own uses, advantages and 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.


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Answer 4

Cookies are small text files that contain information for a customized Web page or log-in information for a Web site. So, before you delete your cookies, you may want to export or save them. If you are using Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, use the Import/Export Wizard in Internet Explorer to export your cookies.

However, I would like you to remember that most cookies are used to record your surf history. This is one of prime reason why you are targeted by spammers. A cookie can sometimes be nothing more than a spy stealing as much information as it can before discovered or deleted. So its is either working on your side or working against you. Sadly, cookies have become a digital tool to steal information. Delete cookie history files just to be safe.

Answer 5

Bits of information related to a web site. They could be tracking cookies to tell how many times you visted their site or which sites you have been too, or they could have your name and password to the site. The person that made the website made the website put the cookie on your computer.

Answer 6

here this might help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie
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o haha i feel so stupid
i had just seen this on the front page of Y/A and thought u meant the cookies we eat then i later saw the category your question was in ...lol sorry!