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One might be wondering what computer
cookies are especially when it comes to internet and browsing stuff. It is
noteworthy and important to know what this stuff means and how best to do with
when visiting different sites here and there. For the benefit of my friends who
had asked and still asking and also for those that don’t know, especially
“internet-newbie”, I will like to write about cookies in this post you are
about to read. To start with, what do we mean by computer cookies?
Really, cookie is an online computer file
containing user information; it is a computer file containing information about
a user that is sent to the central computer with each request. The server uses
this information to customize data sent back to the user and to log the user's requests.
Cookie is a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer’s
hard-disk when you log on to a site. To brighten it more, it is a flat text
file that supports client-server communication and helps in session management
and tracking. With the help of the cookies, a website can keep track of the
user’s browsing session. Computer cookies are simply bits of software placed on
your computer when you browse through websites or when you are surfing the
internet. Actually, nearly all the big and giant websites make use of cookies.
These so called websites use cookies so
they can track what you are viewing, reading, downloading, uploading,
transacting and more. The site will recognize your computer when you come back
to visit again because of this wonderful tool we are talking about.
There is nothing in this world that doesn’t
have its good and the other side of it. The same goes for computer cookies. Let
us analyze this. Have you ever wonder that whenever you visit one website and return
to that particular website next time, you will not need to put your password
again? Yeah! That is cookies for you! The reason for this is not far-fetched,
your password and identification have been stored in a cookie! Places on the
internet like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo and so many sites mostly use
cookies to track the activities of their visitors.
Again, just as I mentioned earlier, there
is one thing negative about cookies especially in my own view. I do hope you
too can reason with me over this. The issue has to do with the privacy. How can
your password and id will just be tracked like that without really requesting
for it? This is a one million Dollar question! With the help of
