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after you’ve exited it. The next time you open

                       your  browser  and  access  the  website  that

                       placed the cookie on your browser, it will find

                       the  cookie  still  there.  They  are  actually  very


                       helpful.





                   Limitation


                           The  cookie  specification  introduced  by

                   Netscape  also  places  limits  on  cookies.  These

                   limits are:


                                  -  310 total cookies.

                                  -  4 kilobytes per cookie.

                                  -  20 cookies per server or domain.





                  Privacy



                        Cookies  can  only  be  read  by  the  site  that

               created  them,  or  a  site  ‘underneath’                                            the

               site  that  created  them.  This

               prevents  other  websites

               from stealing cookies.

















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