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TECH TERMS: COOKIES

Do you want a cookie today? :-)

Definition: A message given to a Web browser by a Web server.

The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them.

The name cookie derives from UNIX objects called magic cookies.

These are tokens that are attached to a user or program and change depending on the areas entered by the user or program.

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