an element of data that a website like SewardWEB can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system
a packet of information sent by an server to a World Wide Web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses that server
a packet of information which an HTTP server sends to a World Wide Web browser, to be sent back by the browser every time it reconnects with that server
a piece of persistent data stored at the visitor's browsers, and the data of which is written by server scripts on the web site
a short piece of information (often encoded), which may be sent to you by the Web server when you visit a Web site
a small chunk of data that's generated by a web server and passed back and forth between the server and browser on each request within a document tree
a string that an HTTP server can send to a client, which the client is supposed to put in the headers of any future requests that it makes to that server
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 and 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.
