English
Noun
en-noun|sg=HTTP cookie
- Internet 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 (the more usual term)
Hypernyms
magic cookie
See also
w:HTTP_cookie|Wikipedia article on HTTP cookies
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