What are cookies? Explain it.
Do not confuse with biscuits; However, cookies or biscuits are come with small pieces and we usually like them.
Cookies are essentially pieces of code saved by websites onto the user’s web browser when a session is initiated.
All websites that use Cookies have agreed that Cookies enhance the browsing experience by allowing a website to store small snippets of data on a user’s device.
By doing so, the website can keep track of a user’s preferences and tailor content accordingly. According to W3 techs, cookies are used by 40.8% of all websites.
They are used to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website and can be accessed either by the web server or by the client computer
When cookies were invented, they were basically little documents containing information about you and your preferences.
Cookies are not programs, they do not perform any functions. These are simple text files that can be opened using Notepad. In ad tech, cookies are used to track users across the web. For instance, if a user visits a website, then the cookies of that website will be saved on the browser.
Now when the user visits the website again after a few days, the website will know it is the same user. Some cookies can track users across websites and devices.
For instance, when you select your language in which you want to view your website, the website would save the information in a document called a cookie on your computer, and the next time when you visit the website, it would be able to read a cookie saved earlier. That way the website could remember your language and let you view the website in your preferred language without having to select the language again.
A cookie can contain any type of information such as the time when you visited the website, the items that you added into your shopping basket, all the links you clicked in website, etc.
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