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Computer · True or False?

An Internet cookie is actually a small file

The answer is True.

Explanation

It is a small piece of data or text file stored on a user's device by a web browser while visiting a website. The server sends it via an HTTP "Set-Cookie" header, and it typically contains a unique identifier plus information such as login credentials, shopping cart contents, or user preferences used to personalize the browsing experience. The name comes from the older programming term "magic cookie", a packet of data a program receives and returns unchanged, itself a nod to fortune cookies. HTTP cookies were invented by Lou Montulli at Netscape in 1994, originally as an e-commerce mechanism.

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