Cookies

What is called Cookies?

HTTP cookies sometimes known as web cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each it accesses the server.

What is the use of Cookies?

HTTP cookies are used for authenticating, tracking and maintaining specific information about users.

The term "Cookie" is derived from "magic cookie" a well known concept in UNIX computing which inspired both the idea and the name of HTTP cookies.



What is the main purpose of Cookies?

Cookies are used by Web servers to differentiate users and to maintain data related to the user during navigation, possibly across multiple visits.

Cookies were introduced to provide a way for realizing a "shopping cart" a virtual device into which the user can "place" items to purchase, so that users can navigate a site where items are shown, adding or removing items from the shopping basket at any time.


But guys, There in no connection between the picture and the concept ;-)