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HTTP cookie

The English word “HTTP cookie” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then returned by the browser each time it accesses that server, used to maintain state between otherwise stateless HTTP transactions, for example, to identify the user.

Etymology

From HTTP + magic cookie.

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