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CBC News Online | Feb. 18, 2005



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Cookie - A file sent from a web server to a browser, and then sent back by the browser every time it accesses the server. Cookies can be used to hold a user's login information on websites that require registration, or to maintain a "shopping cart" on store web sites. Cookies are also used in adware.



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