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Cookies in computing are a small piece of text stored on a persons computer that save information about what the user has done on the internet. They save passwords, URLs, and other kinds of information. One way they help us is by making it quicker to log into sites by saving the password. However cookies can be dangerous, some cookies may allow third-party companies access to your private information or other sensitive information. To remove these cookies, use an anti-virus program and scan your computer, download and use CCleaner from FileHippo or delete the cookies yourself by going to start, control panel, internet options and click on delete under browsing history (OS Windows XP).
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe name "cookie" comes from fortune cookie, because of the hidden information inside.
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What are the footprints of all a computer's activity called?
cookies.
What is a harmful computer program?
virus called cookies
What are little snippets of data that reside on your computer and automatically provide personalized information about you to certain websites?
Little snippets of data that reside on your computer and automatically provide personalized information about you to certain websites are called
Websites use cookies?
Website Cookies are information used for particular computer users or IPs.
How do you get cookies on the computer?
Enabling cookies depends on your browser. As Chrome is the most popular browser, the instructions for doing it on this browser are as follows: go to settings, then advanced settings. Click privacy, then content. You should see a button for cookies. Click that button, then click to allow them by default.
How many computer cookies can you have?
Every website you visit places a small file onto your computer harddrive called "a cookie". A cookie tracks web visiting behavior. But it also contains information for your userID, loggin, and the last time you visited the site. If you look at a list of computer cookies saved onto your computer, often you will see a number in brackets after it showing the number of visits. Computer cookies are also useful when a person buys via the Internet. Computer users dislike cookies, feeling that cookies invade the users' privacy. Cookies also accumulate over time. So there are programs that will reliably delete cookies from your computer without harming the harddrive. As to how many cookies there can be or might be, the number on your computer depends on how many different websites you visit in a day, week, month, or year. If you use the Internet a lot and browse a lot, you probably have accumulated a lot of cookies.
How do you get to your cookies?
It is in My Computer or Computer Icon you can delete it in yools
How do you print a list of cookies on your computer?
Answer You can't print the list of cookies on your computer, but you could take a pen and write them down.
Where does IE store cookies?
in my computer location is "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Cookies"
How can you view the cookies on your computer using Firefox?
Tools --> Clear Recent History --> Cookies.
how do i remove cookies from my computer?
Go to tools/then choose internet options/then clear cookies.
I tried buying Minecraft but it says I need cookies. What are those and why can't I buy Minecraft?
You will need to enable cookies on your computer. Unless you do this, Minecraft cannot communicate with your computer to process the transaction. See the related question below for how to enable cookies on your computer.
