cookie
Definition
Information that a web server (i.e. a website) sends to a web browser. The browser stores the information in a text file, and re-sends the information to the server each time the browser accesses the server. The main purpose of a cookie is to help the server identify the browser.
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
Infrormation that a website places and stores on a visitor's hard drive so that the website can retrieve the information when the visitor returns to the site. For example, a website may use a cookie to retrieve a visitor's name and address so the visitor doesn't have to enter that information again. A website can legally use cookies to personalize a visitor's experience, to track a visitor's movements on a site, or to target a visitor for specific advertisements.
Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
August 19, 2010, 5:13 pm
