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  2. HTTP cookie - Wikipedia

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    A session cookie (also known as an in-memory cookie, transient cookie or non-persistent cookie) exists only in temporary memory while the user navigates a website. [22] Session cookies expire or are deleted when the user closes the web browser. [23] Session cookies are identified by the browser by the absence of an expiration date assigned to them.

  3. What are cookies exactly? Cybersecurity experts break it down

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    What are cookies, again? Joseph Steinberg, cyber security and emerging technologies advisor, tells Yahoo Life that "cookies refer to one or more small pieces of data" that identify your computer ...

  4. To Clear or Not to Clear Cookies - AOL

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    These types of cookies are used to identify you when you’re new to a website. They act to transfer information between a site you’re visiting and your browser. Cookies help the site, as well ...

  5. When to delete cookies (and why) - AOL

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    Cookies are one or several small pieces of data that identify your computer to a website, Joseph Steinberg, cybersecurity expert and emerging technologies advisor, tells Yahoo Life. Those cookies ...

  6. Enable cookies in your web browser - AOL Help

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    A cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer by your web browser. With cookies turned on, the next time you return to a website, it will remember things like your login info, your site preferences, or even items you placed in a virtual shopping cart! • Enable cookies in Firefox • Enable cookies in Chrome

  7. Web browsing history - Wikipedia

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    Web browsing history is also collected by cookies on websites, which could be divided into two kinds, first-party cookies and third-party cookies. Third-party cookies are usually embedded on first-party websites and collect information from them. [10] Third-party cookies have higher efficiency and data aggregation ability than first-party cookies.

  8. Clear cookies on a web browser - AOL Help

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    Clearing the cookies in your browser will fix most of these problems. • Clear your browser's cookies in Edge • Clear your browser's cookies in Safari • Clear your browser's cookies in Firefox • Clear your browser's cookies in Chrome. Internet Explorer may still work with some AOL services, but is no longer supported by Microsoft.

  9. Internet privacy - Wikipedia

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    Since cookies are advertisers' main way of targeting potential customers, and some customers are deleting cookies, some advertisers started to use persistent Flash cookies and zombie cookies, but modern browsers and anti-malware software can now block or detect and remove such cookies.