Cookies
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Many sites allow you to personalise them to match your preferences, so that each time you visit you're greeted with the information you want, presented in a concise, easy-to-manage way. The technology which makes this kind of personalisation possible is called a "cookie."
The first time you visit a site which allows you to set up your own preferences for the delivery of information, the site's server will send a piece of data to your computer. This data chunk, or "cookie," allows the site to recognise you the next time you visit. It will then build the page according to your instructions.
Most browsers are set to accept all cookies sent to them. However, you can change the preferences on your browser to:
- accept only certain cookies
- reject all cookies
- prompt you before accepting a cookie
The advantage of accepting cookies is that you can personalise your Web experience more easily. Both Netscape and Microsoft have online tutorials which explain many of the features of their browsers, including cookies.
| Cookies for Internet Explorer are strored in the Windows Directory in their own directory called "Cookies".
C:\Windows\Cookies\ |
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| A typical cookie would look something like this
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