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Cookie can easily be described as a normal simple text which is actually stored by the web browser of an internet surfer. Therefore it is commonly known with the names i.e. HTTP cookie, browser cookie, web cookie or internet cookie. Normally the usage of cookie is done for the authentication purposes. This technology is most often used by the websites related to the business of buying or selling.
Web or Internet cookie is used to store preferences of the website, sessions to identify the servers, contents of shopping cart or anything related to the data storage in the web browser of an internet surfer. Normally one and sometimes more than one pairs of name value are being carried by a cookie which is actually known as bits of information.
This information that is carried by the web or internet cookie can be encrypted as well if there is an intention of data security or privacy of information. HTTP header is used to send the cookie to the web browser of internet surfer by the web browser of the website and internet surfer’s browser sent it back to the server’s browser. This process is carried by the both web browsers every time the user’s web browser tries to access the server.
Cookies can also be deleted from the storage space of a web browser just like cache if there is an intention to free some storage space. It can be deleted both by manually or by setting a time frame to its expiration in the web browser to perform this process automatically.