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text file that contains information about you generated
by the internet sites you're visiting. These cookies
are sent to your browser (i.e., Internet Explorer
or Netscape) and stored on your hard disk.
What is in the cookie? Usually personal information
or web site related information. For example,
it says you visit a web site that wants your name,
email address and age. You provide this information
using a form on the web site. When you are done
filling out the form, the web site will take the
information you supplied, put it in a small file
called a cookie and send it to your web browser
for future use. When you surf to that site again,
the cookie is called up to help the web site remember
you. Some cookies are used for good reasons.
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