A lot of people have heard about Internet “cookies” and often they have a bad connotation to them, but to web developers they are very useful. So what exactly are they? The official Wikipedia definition states:
This basically means that websites will save small pieces of data on your machine in plain text. These have a wide range of uses, but here are some common examples that I can think of:
Netflix: Isn’t is awesome how it remember where you last left off? This is done through cookies
Amazon (and other shopping sites): They remember what was in your basket last time you visited. …