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An HTTP cookie is a small block 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 placed on a user's device during a session. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: HTTP cookieA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Fun-filled butter cookie cookbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: An automatic HTTP cookie management systemCited 17 times
- Go sideways: Cross-site request forgeryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Secure cookieA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Fun-filled butter cookie cookbookPillsbury Company · 1950
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
đź”— Related topics
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