cookie
- noun
- /ˈkʊki/
- Texting
- 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.
- Only the site that sets a cookie can read that cookie back.
- So I needed a new machine that works without cookies but still does the counting.
- I was right about, you know, cookie retargeting banner ads.
- I still have and use Cookies all the time.
- So you can, you won't be tracked or have a cookie put on your consciousness.
Examples
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Only the site that sets a cookie can read that cookie back.
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Online travel sites use cookies to help them drive ticket sales.
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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.
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Online travel sites use cookies to help them drive ticket sales.
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The bank also stores the customer's computer identity in a cookie stored on the user's machine.
Synonyms
A small temporary browser file deleted when you close the browser that keeps you logged in
A small file stored on your device that websites keep to remember your choices for future visits
Compounds
A thin sweet biscuit with a paper message inside often served after meals at Chinese restaurants
- US
A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar
A soft, chewy cookie sweetened with molasses and spiced with ginger and cinnamon
- Texting
A small temporary browser file deleted when you close the browser that keeps you logged in
- Specialized
A hidden amount of money a company keeps to make profits look steady
- Texting
A part of a web browser or program that keeps small pieces of information for signing in and site settings
A small sweet made from dough shaped into a roll, kept cold, sliced, and baked
- Texting
A small file stored on your device that websites keep to remember your choices for future visits
How Persistent
- Texting
- Texting
Surface Forms
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.