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  2. HTTP cookie - Wikipedia

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    HTTP cookies (also called web cookies, Internet cookies, browser cookies, or simply cookies) are small blocks of data created by a web server while a user is browsing a website and placed on the user's computer or other device by the user's web browser. Cookies are placed on the device used to access a website, and more than one cookie may be ...

  3. Magic cookie - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a magic cookie, or just cookie for short, is a token or short packet of data passed between communicating programs. The cookie is often used to identify a particular event or as "handle, transaction ID, or other token of agreement between cooperating programs".

  4. Secure cookie - Wikipedia

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    Secure cookie is a type of an HTTP cookie that has the Secure attribute set, which limits the scope of the cookie to "secure" channels (where "secure" is defined by the user agent, typically web browser). When a cookie has the Secure attribute, the user agent will include the cookie in an HTTP request only if the request is transmitted over a ...

  5. Third-party cookies - Wikipedia

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    Third-party cookies are HTTP cookies which are used principally for web tracking as part of the web advertising ecosystem. While HTTP cookies are normally sent only to the server setting them or a server in the same Internet domain , a web page may contain images or other components stored on servers in other domains.

  6. Zombie cookie - Wikipedia

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    A zombie cookie is a piece of data usually used for tracking users, which is created by a web server while a user is browsing a website, and placed on the user's computer or other device by the user's web browser, similar to regular HTTP cookies, but with mechanisms in place to prevent the deletion of the data by the user.

  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. Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical - Wikipedia

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    This kind of session works by setting a cookie, just like the "remember password" feature. The difference is that the session cookie has the "discard" attribute set, which means that it is discarded when you close your browser. This is done to prevent others from using your account after you have left the computer.

  9. Cookie - Wikipedia

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    Pressed cookies are made from a soft dough that is extruded from a cookie press into various decorative shapes before baking. Spritzgebäck is an example of a pressed cookie. Refrigerator cookies (also known as icebox cookies) are made from a stiff dough that is refrigerated to make the raw dough even stiffer before cutting and baking. The ...