What is a "cookie" for goodness' sake!

• Quick Answer: A cookie is a line of text.
• Long Answer: It's hard to say.

Where are cookies on my computer?

Good question.


• With Internet Explorer, cookies are really tiny files with about 6 lines per cookie.
• With Netscape, cookies are all in one medium-large size file organized in columns.

It is much harder to decipher your cookies in Netscape, but in IE you can only guess as to what's what when it comes to your cookies unless you open a huge number of files.

What does a cookie look like?

Nothing much.



• Here is a cookie. first_name=John

• Here are several cookies. first_name=John; last_name=Smith; email=email-for-free%40hotmail.com

A lot of people are are worried about being traced by cookies or receiving viruses. You have no need to worry about this, however, as only the website sending you a cookie can receive the cookie back.

Trust MyersDaily to be considerate of your safety in all ways including cookies. Cookies help you keep all your favorite websites saved as well as keeping your name, email address and other convenient information all current. Also any passwords embedded in cookies are safe too, since they are encrypted before being saved as a cookie. To finish the full disclosure, below are all cookies currently saved by this website.

Thank you for your patronage! I hope this helps.