Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data that
can be transmitted by a web server to
your browser when you visit a web site.
Web sites use cookies to "remember"
details about you, such as your user
name or site preferences, in order to
personalize your experience on that web
site. Your browser will transmit
information back to the site each time you
view that site until the cookie expires.
You can set your browser's preferences
to accept or reject cookies or notify you
when a cookie is set. Your computer
generally stores a cookie as a small text
file that the server can recover if you
return to that web site later; other cookies
are temporary and allow the server to
remember information about you only until
you close your browser.