HTTP cookie
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HTTP cookie
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From HTTP + magic cookie.
noun HTTP cookies
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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.
Similar: cookie
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noun packet of information
| Español | cookie |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쿠키 kuki |
| 日本語 | クッキー kukkī |
| 中文 | Cookie, 小型文字檔案 /小型文字档案 xiǎoxíng wénzì dàng'àn, 小甜餅 /小甜饼 xiǎotiánbǐng |
| हिन्दी | कुकी kukī |
| Português | cookie |
| Français | cookie, cafteur, témoin |
| Deutsch | Cookie |
| Italiano | cookie |
| Română | cookie |
| Русский | ку́ки kúki |
| العربية | كُوكِيز kūkīz, مِلَفَّات تَعْرِيف الِارْتِبَاط milaffāt taʕrīf al-irtibāṭ |
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