COOKIE

XML Glossary

XML — Cookie

Information on Cookie

A cookie is a small block of data that can be stored by a web server on a web client. Each time a web client accesses a web server, it returns any cookies that are associated with that server. A cookie may be a session cookie, whose life extends only to the end of the web session, or a permanent cookie that lives until a defined exiry date.
     A cookie may be created directly on the server, or created on the client via a Javascript script.

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