What is a cookie
A cookie is a text file, that's all, website designers will use cookies for a variety of reasons.
If you go to a website that allows you to customise a page so that it looks the same every time you visit it, the designer will store these pieces of design information in a Cookie.
A cookie is a text file, that's all, website designers will use cookies for a variety of reasons.
If you go to a website that allows you to customise a page so that it looks the same every time you visit it, the designer will store these pieces of design information in a Cookie.
If you become a member of a site that wants to make your navigation easy, they will store your membership info in a Cookie so that you are instantly recognized when you visit the site.
Controlled access can be achieved via a Cookie so that you can't view pages unless you have signed in with a UserID and Password, usually these cookies expire after you leave the site.
There are many ways a cookie can be used, from simply seeing what pages you visit to allowing you to use an on-line shopping cart!It will also give the designers of the site valuable information regarding the pages you vist, he can then use that information to improve the pages most visited.
