What exactly are cookies that websites are using?
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When you visit a library, the library issues you an ID card. This is like a cookie. A web server issues cookies to you to personalize your experiences on their websites. You use your library card to check out a book, and over time the library recognizes your choices and can make suggestions for you based on that data. Cookies are sent back to the server when you visit it and thus the sites cater more to your choices. If you use amazon, you’ll see the part of the page that suggests items to you based on your cart items, that’s what cookies can do. It makes the websites you visit closer aligned to what the server thinks you need.
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