What is a cookie?

Question

What is the point of a cookie on a browser and what does it do and how to i use it? Also if anybody has an example code that would be great!

Answer 1

An HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is 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. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information (such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store) or to record the user's browsing activity (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages were visited in the past)

Answer 2

Cookies are small files which are stored on a user's computer. They are designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website,

Answer 3

Cookies are files created by websites you visit. They make your online experience easier by saving your browsing information

Answer 4

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