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- noun Internet A packet of
information sent by aserver to aWorld Wide Web browser and then returned by the browser each time it accesses that server, used to maintain state between otherwisestateless HTTPtransactions , for example, to identify the user.
Etymologies
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From HTTP + magic cookie.
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