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All You Need To Know About Cookies and How to Handle Them

You must have heard of cookies under various references. Here, obviously, I am going to refer to the Cookie that is part of the Internet. Lot of us do not know what it is actually and what purpose does it serve. You will know everything about it after reading this post.

What is an HTTP Cookie?

Before I tell you, why not see it for yourself? If you are using Windows XP, then it is pretty straightforward. Visit %rootdrive%\Documents and Settings\Cookies\ folder to view all the cookies. In Vista, type %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low in the Run (Windows + R) window to view all the cookies.

What you may see is a long list of text files, all having names user@some-website. If you open it in Notepad, there will be some non-understandable data written in it. So now you know how cookie looks. But what exactly is it?

When you visit websites through a browser, the website collects certain data about you (e.g. IP Address, HTTP Referrer etc..). These things are unique to every visitor of that website so it makes sense to store it in the visitor’s computer rather than at the server of the website. The file in which such information is stored is called a Cookie. Usually these information are encrypted so that no one can view it.

Top Apps to Make Most of Torrents

Torrents have become quite popular for file sharing. The high speed is one of the hallmarks of sharing through torrents. Here are some tools to ensure that you get the most out of torrents and in the simplest way possible.

Torrents Terminology & Tips: A Quick Look

In my last post, I wrote about what Torrents are and how they were developed to what they are today. In this post I will cover everything you need to know to immediately start using torrents.

Since torrents run with the support of community of geeks, the interface is a bit difficult to understand. There are some terms which popped up by themselves which you should know to have a good understanding of torrents.

What the Heck Are Torrents and How to Use them?

Those of you who have been around the internet for quite some time or spending your time with a geek friend, would have heard of the term Torrents. Ask your geek friend about it and he might ignore you saying he would tell it later. It is not that he doesn’t know it… the tough part is to explain to others what exactly it is. But to understand a concept, you need to know why that concept was evolved in the first place and how it is advantageous to you.

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