What is cookies?

Question

"With HTML5 web storage, websites can store data on a user's local computer.
Before HTML5, we had to use JavaScript cookies to achieve this functionality."

I know the word "cookies" since a long time ago,
but I still don't know the meaning. Can someone help me?

Answer 1

http://www.whatarecookies.com

Answer 2

from Memphis reigns link:
Cookies are small files which are stored on a user's computer. They are designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. This allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script which is aware of the data in the cookie and so is able to carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next.

Answer 3

I first heard of cookies back in 1998

when I was 12 months old 😂😂

Answer 4

Thank you for the feedback : )