Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 10:39:27 -0600
From: Cynthia Bernstein bernscy[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.AUBURN.EDU
Subject: Re: "cookies"
Netscape, too, has a cookies folder. You can set Netscape not to receive
cookies.
Cindy
On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Wayne Glowka wrote:
"Cookies" are files that are downloaded to your hard drive when you
connect to certain Web sites. These files contain your computer
information that the Web site has recorded. When you return to a site
that has loaded a "cookie" on your machine, the site can use your
"cookie" information for various and sundry site documentation purposes.
Internet Explorer has a folder called "Cookies". You can remove them if
it bothers you.
Jessie
It seems to me that a better choice of terms would be "ticks" or "fleas" or
even "stickers."
Thanks for the information.
Wayne Glowka