noun

cookie

cookie, biscuit

This website uses cookies to improve your experience.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience.

a cookie - a small file stored on your computer This website uses cookies.

Synonyms: web cookie, browser cookie

From Dutch 'koekje' (little cake). The internet sense is a metaphor for a 'magic cookie', a packet of data.

Remember that in the UK, 'cookie' almost always refers to the internet file, not the baked good you eat, which they call a 'biscuit'.

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