Have you had your Cookies today?

HTTP cookies, more commonly referred to as Web cookies, tracking cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a Web client (usually a browser) and then sent back unchanged by client each time it accesses that server. So what does that all mean in non computer geek terms? When you access a website that requires a sign-in, password or both such as Facebook, Twitter, and most others. They send a small piece of computer code to your browser. When you sign in a second time the page looks for the cookie it sent and it recognizes you and makes it quicker for you to access the site. There is a misconception that cookies are bad. There are bad cookies, but for the most part cookies help to speed up your web browsing experience. You can block cookies in most web browsers by accessing the security menu and turning cookies off.