What is a cookie?

Cookies are some information that is stored by a website on your computer so that it can be accessed later. Cookies are used to store the details about a user to give a customised webpage.

Types of cookies include:

   1) Session cookies – which are cleared when a session is closed.
   2) Persistent cookies – these cookies will remain in your device until it expires or is cleared by the user.
   3) Third party cookies – set by websites which you are not visiting.
   4) Zombie cookies – these types of cookies are automatically created after it expires.

The term cookie was coined by Lou Montulli and it was derived from the term magic cookie.

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