HTTP cookie

A packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then returned by the browser each time it accesses that server, used to maintain state between otherwise stateless HTTP transactions, for example, to identify the user.

Noun

  1. A packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then returned by the browser each time it accesses that server, used to maintain state between otherwise stateless HTTP transactions, for example, to identify the user.

    Synonyms: cookie

    Hypernyms: magic cookie

Origin

From HTTP + magic cookie.

Forms

HTTP cookies

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