cookie

cook·ie

also cook·y C0620900 (ko͝ok′ē)n. pl. cook·ies 1. A small, usually flat and crisp cake made from sweetened dough.2. Slang A person, usually of a specified kind: a lawyer who was a tough cookie.3. Computers A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.

[Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek, cake, from Middle Dutch koeke; akin to German Kuchen and Old Norse kaka, cake.]

cookie

(ˈkʊkɪ) or

cooky

n, pl -ies1. (Cookery) US and Canadian a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): biscuit 2. (Cookery) a Scot word for bun3. informal a person: smart cookie. 4. (Telecommunications) computing a piece of data downloaded to a computer by a website, containing details of the preferences of that computer's user which identify the user when revisiting that website5. that's the way the cookie crumbles informal matters are inevitably or unalterably so[C18: from Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake]

cook•ie

or cook•y

(ˈkʊk i)

n., pl. cook•ies. 1. a small, flat, sweetened cake, often round, made from stiff dough baked on a large, flat pan (cook′ie sheet`). 2. Slang. a person: a smart cookie. 3. Computers. a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a Web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a Web page. [1695–1705; < Dutch koekie, dial. variant of koekje=koek cake + -je diminutive suffix]

cookie

1. A data file that a web server stores on a user’s computer to identify the user and allow quick access the next time the user visits the server.2. A small text file that contains information about a computer that has been used to visit a website. Some web servers send cookies to all computers that access them and these are stored on the computer’s hard drive. The next time the same computer is used to access the same website the web server for that site reads the cookie enabling it to identify the user and implement any preferences that user may have decided on during their last visit.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cookie - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)biscuit, cookycake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fattea biscuit, teacake - flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with teadog biscuit - a hard biscuit for dogsbutter cookie - cookie containing much butterspice cookie - cookie flavored with spicesalmond cookie, almond crescent - very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shapedbrownie - square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nutsginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap, snap - a crisp round cookie flavored with gingermacaroon - chewy cookie usually containing almond pastekiss - a cookie made of egg whites and sugarladyfinger - small finger-shaped sponge cakeanise cookie - cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seedmolasses cookie - very spicy cookies sweetened partially with molassesoreo, oreo cookie - chocolate cookie with white cream fillingraisin-nut cookie - cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nutsrefrigerator cookie - dough formed into a roll and chilled in the refrigerator then sliced and bakedraisin cookie - cookie containing raisinsfruit bar - cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in barssugar cookie - cookies sprinkled with granulated sugaroatmeal cookie - cookies containing rolled oatschocolate chip cookie, Toll House cookie - cookies containing chocolate chipsfortune cookie - thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of papergingerbread man - gingerbread cut in the shape of a personwafer - a small thin crisp cake or cookiegranola bar - cookie bar made of granolaBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	cookie - the cook on a ranch or at a camp cookycook - someone who cooks food
	3.	cookie - a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web sitesession cookie - a cookie that is stored temporarily and is destroyed when you close the linkprecision cookie - a cookie that is saved permanently on your hard drivetext, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"

Translations

饼干

cookie

(ˈkuki) noun (American) a biscuit. （美国）饼干

cookie

→ 饼干zhCN

See:

a smart cookie
a tough cookie
a tough customer/cookie
a/one smart cookie
catch (one) with (one's) hand in the cookie jar
catch someone with their hand in the cookie jar
caught with (one's) hand in the cookie jar
cookie cutter
cookie pusher
hand in the till, with one's
have (one's) hand in the cookie jar
Oreo cookie
sharp cookie
smart cookie
That’s the way the cookie crumbles
that's how (the way) the ball bounces/cookie crumbles
that's how the ball bounces
that's how the cookie crumbles
That's the way the ball bounces
that's the way the cookie crumbles
the way the cookie crumbles
toss one's cookies
tough cookie
what do you want, a cookie
with (one's) hand in the cookie jar
with your hand in the cookie jar

cookie

[′ku̇k·ē] (computer science) A data file written to a hard drive by some Web sites, contains information the site can use to track such things as passwords, login, registration or identification, user preferences, online shopping cart information, and lists of pages visited.

cookie

(World-Wide Web)HTTP cookie.

cookie

(protocol)A handle, transaction ID, or other token ofagreement between cooperating programs. "I give him a packet,he gives me back a cookie".

The ticket you get from a dry-cleaning shop is a perfectmundane example of a cookie; the only thing it's useful for isto relate a later transaction to this one (so you get the sameclothes back).

Compare magic cookie; see also fortune cookie.

cookie

(security, jargon)A cracker term for the password liston a multi-user computer.

cookie

(jargon)An adjective describing a computer that justbecame toast.

cookie

A small text file (up to 4KB) created by a website that is stored in the user's computer either temporarily for that session only or permanently on the hard disk (persistent cookie). Cookies provide a way for the website to recognize you and keep track of your preferences.

Cookies Are Beneficial
Cookies are commonly used to "maintain the state" of a browser session. For example, users can place items in a shopping cart, switch to another page or even another site, and when they come back, the site recognizes them and the current state of the cart. See state and stateless.

Cookies contain a range of URLs (addresses) for which they are valid. When the Web browser or other HTTP application sends a request to a Web server with those URLs again, it sends along the related cookies. For example, if your user ID and password are stored in a cookie, it saves you from typing in the same information all over again when accessing that service the next time. By retaining user history, cookies allow the website to tailor the pages and create a custom experience for each individual.

Your Cookies Know You
Quite a bit of personal data may reside in the cookie files in your computer. As a result, this storehouse of private information is sometimes the object of attack (see cookie poisoning.)

First-Party Personal Cookies
The default settings in your Web browser typically allow "first-party" cookies, but not "third-party" cookies. First-party cookies are created by the website you are visiting and are necessary to keep track of your personal preferences and the current session as explained above.

Third-Party Tracking Cookies
Third-party cookies are created by a website other than the one you are currently visiting; for example, by a third-party advertiser on that site. The purpose of such cookies is usually to track your surfing habits, which is why third-party cookies are considered an invasion of privacy and riskier than first-party cookies.

Configuring Settings
A Web browser can be configured so that only first-party cookies coming from the originating sites are maintained. It can also be set to prevent all cookies from being stored in your computer, but that severely limits the Web surfing experience. To change settings, look for the cookie options in your browser in the Options or Preferences menu. See Web bug, cookie file, Flash cookie, Evercookie, magic cookie and state.

Related to cookie: HTTP cookie

noun

Synonyms for cookie

noun any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term)

Synonyms

biscuit
cooky

Related Words

cake
tea biscuit
teacake
dog biscuit
butter cookie
spice cookie
almond cookie
almond crescent
brownie
ginger nut
ginger snap
gingersnap
snap
macaroon
kiss
ladyfinger
anise cookie
molasses cookie
oreo
oreo cookie
raisin-nut cookie
refrigerator cookie
raisin cookie
fruit bar
sugar cookie
oatmeal cookie
chocolate chip cookie
Toll House cookie
fortune cookie
gingerbread man
wafer
granola bar
Britain
Great Britain
U.K.
UK
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

noun the cook on a ranch or at a camp

Synonyms

cooky

Related Words

cook

noun a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site

Related Words

session cookie
precision cookie
text
textual matter