That's right. In fact you can't put a cookie inside an oven. The http cookie I mean.
An http cookie, or the browser cookie, or simply a cookie, is a term that computer specialists have coined to refer to a text file that is widely used during internet browsing. The name cookie, according to the wikepedia, originated from an intact, unbroken fortune cookie, because of the unseen information contained within.
Now how does a cookie basically work? The same way as how your dry cleaning ticket is used.
You walk inside your dry cleaning shop requesting a laundry service. You will be requested to give your name and some other details. And then, the laundry shop will give you a receipt or ticket so that next time you'll return to them, they will know exactly what to give to you.
Similarly, the cookie functions as the dry cleaning ticket or receipt.
You use your browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer, to go to diffrent pages in the net. Because the world wide web processes in a series of connections, everytime you ask for a page access, file, or picture from a certain site, a connection must first be established. After the file has been downloaded or the page successfully loaded, the browser-server connection is then stopped. During the time that the browser and the server makes a connection you send some details to the server. The server then remembers these details in the form of text file or a cookie, so that next time you go, log in, or request anything form their site, they could cater to your preference or you could just enter enter more easily since you are now "remembered" by the server.
In general, cookies are really harmless. But are there cookies that we need to avoid? Know more about first party cookies and third party cookies.
An http cookie, or the browser cookie, or simply a cookie, is a term that computer specialists have coined to refer to a text file that is widely used during internet browsing. The name cookie, according to the wikepedia, originated from an intact, unbroken fortune cookie, because of the unseen information contained within.
Now how does a cookie basically work? The same way as how your dry cleaning ticket is used.
You walk inside your dry cleaning shop requesting a laundry service. You will be requested to give your name and some other details. And then, the laundry shop will give you a receipt or ticket so that next time you'll return to them, they will know exactly what to give to you.
Similarly, the cookie functions as the dry cleaning ticket or receipt.
You use your browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer, to go to diffrent pages in the net. Because the world wide web processes in a series of connections, everytime you ask for a page access, file, or picture from a certain site, a connection must first be established. After the file has been downloaded or the page successfully loaded, the browser-server connection is then stopped. During the time that the browser and the server makes a connection you send some details to the server. The server then remembers these details in the form of text file or a cookie, so that next time you go, log in, or request anything form their site, they could cater to your preference or you could just enter enter more easily since you are now "remembered" by the server.
In general, cookies are really harmless. But are there cookies that we need to avoid? Know more about first party cookies and third party cookies.
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