What is Cookie

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Short sequence of information stored on a person’s computer after he or she has visited a Web site. Cookies can have privacy implications. Learn more in: Adapting to Virtual Third-Space Language Learning Futures

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It is a small piece of text generated by the Web server and send back to browser in the HTTP response. It is a mechanism used by the Web sites to record stateful information of the user or user’s browsing history. It includes login credentials of the user. Learn more in: Auditing Defense against XSS Worms in Online Social Network-Based Web Applications

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A small text file stored at the client side to record additional information that may be shared by multiple requests and responses. Learn more in: Web Analytics Overview

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A cookie is a facility that enables a Web server to send a Web browser a packet of data that will be returned by the browser each time it accesses the same server. It may include any data the server is set to determine, and is often used to authenticate a registered user of a Web site without requiring them to sign in again every time they access it. Learn more in: Evaluation of E-Government Web Sites

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A small text file that some Web sites place on a user’s computer, containing information such as one’s user ID, user preferences, shopping cart information, etc so that preferences can remembered on future visits to the Web site. Learn more in: Medical Privacy and the Internet

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A small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. Learn more in: Developing the Social, Political, Economic, and Criminological Awareness of Cybersecurity Experts: A Proposal and Discussion of Non-Technical Topics for Inclusion in Cybersecurity Education

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A cookie is information for future use that is stored by the server on the client side of a client/server communication. Learn more in: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

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A small amount of information that the Web site server requests the user’s browser to save on the user’s machine. Learn more in: Online Privacy Issues