Cookies

Introduction
A cookie is a piece of text that a Web server can store on a user's hard disk. Cookies allow a Web site to store information on a user's machine and later retrieve it.

The pieces of information are stored as name-value pairs. For example, if you visited a website and created a username, that username could be saved in a cookie in the following name-value pair: Name: Username Value: jsmith92

Task
Read the following article [|How Internet Cookies Work] from HowStuffWorks 1. Is a cookie a program? 2. What are 2 common pieces of information a cookie might store? 3. In your own words, explain how cookie data is moved 4. Describe three problems with cookies