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cookie

132 3.8
A small piece of information saved on your computer by a website to remember your login or preferences
  • noun
  • /ˈkʊki/
  • Texting
translation icon : cookie
  • If you wish to know how to remove cookies, then AboutCookies.org should be of help.

Only the site that sets a cookie can read that cookie back.

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Examples

  • Only the site that sets a cookie can read that cookie back.

  • Online travel sites use cookies to help them drive ticket sales.

  • Some of those will be for affiliate links where cookies are used in tracking and payment systems.

    Blog text (3)
  • I enter the back door bearing packages of cookies and a bowl of coleslaw.

    Blog text (1)
  • "Yes, I thought I'd have some open-faced sandwiches and small cakes and cookies as well as slices of pulla."

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Only the site that sets a cookie can read that cookie back.

  • Online travel sites use cookies to help them drive ticket sales.

  • The bank also stores the customer's computer identity in a cookie stored on the user's machine.

Synonyms

session cookie
vscookie
  • Texting
1 4.9

A small temporary browser file deleted when you close the browser that keeps you logged in

is a general data item for remembering user info temporary or persistent
precision cookie
vscookie
  • Texting
8.2

A small file stored on your device that websites keep to remember your choices for future visits

is used to remember user settings either temporarily or across sessions

Compounds

29 2.8

A thin sweet biscuit with a paper message inside often served after meals at Chinese restaurants

A flat sweet baked biscuit with small pieces of chocolate

13 1.0

A container that holds cookies and sometimes money

9 1.1

A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar

9 1.6

A flat metal tray that you use to bake cookies in an oven

cookie-cutter
  • Informal
6 6.5

Not original and very similar to many others

5 1.0

A small crisp cookie made with a lot of butter

cookie cutter
  • Informal
4 4.8

Made in a simple, predictable way so many things look the same

4 1.0

A sweet baked cookie made with oats, often with raisins or nuts

4 1.0

A chocolate sandwich biscuit with sweet white cream between two dark biscuits

2 2.7

A small tool that cuts dough into shapes for baking cookies

A small sweet baked treat with raisins

A cookie with chocolate chips made from the original Toll House recipe

sharp cookie
  • Informal
1 5.6

A clever person who understands things quickly

A small sweet baked treat made with ground almonds

1 2.5

A sweet baked treat flavored with warm spices like cinnamon

1 2.5

A soft, chewy cookie sweetened with molasses and spiced with ginger and cinnamon

session cookie
  • Texting
1 4.9

A small temporary browser file deleted when you close the browser that keeps you logged in

A rich biscuit made with lots of butter and sugar, crisp and crumbly

cookie jar reserve
  • Specialized
9.9

A hidden amount of money a company keeps to make profits look steady

cookie jar
  • Texting
3.7

A part of a web browser or program that keeps small pieces of information for signing in and site settings

4.4

Something that looks the same as many others and has no new ideas

3.4

About the same size as a cookie

5.6

A small sweet biscuit made with anise seed that tastes a little like licorice

A cookie with a sweet raisin and nut filling

A small sweet made from dough shaped into a roll, kept cold, sliced, and baked

8.2

A small file stored on your device that websites keep to remember your choices for future visits

How Persistent

cookie
  • Texting
132 3.8
session cookie
  • Texting
1 4.9

Surface Forms

cookie singular
cookies plural

Etymology

Cookie for web data comes from the programmers' term magic cookie, which meant a small piece of data a program used. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a cookie as a little 'note' or 'crumb' a website leaves on your computer to remember you.