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Oops that is incorrect. Cookie in short is a Internet File. The complete definition of acomputer Cookie is simply an HTTP headerthat consists of a text-only string that gets entered into the memoryof your browser. This string contains the domain, path, lifetime, andvalue of a variable that you set. If the lifetime of this variable islonger than the time the user spends at your site, then this string issaved to file for future reference. Many believe that computer cookies aredangerous and are a privacy concern. However cookies are stored onyour computer hard disk drive and only accessible by the page it wascreated or the user of the computer. Some examples of how computercookies can help you are: - Store on your hard disk drive your personal information and preferences for a web site such as a Internet Store. This information can only be accessed by that store and is used to help direct you faster to places that most interest you.
- Store information about your preferences for a start page. If you have a customized start page which contains information such as local weather and news this information is placed on the web page by looking at information from a cookie.
The above are just a few good examplesof computer cookies, to help understand what exactly they are used for.Of the 68,325 people who have answered this quiz question 52,274 have answered it correctly and 16,051 have answered it incorrectly. Based off these results this question has been given a difficulty level of medium.
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