{"id":15357,"date":"2023-09-30T02:16:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15357"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:46:16","slug":"internet-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/internet-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Internet cookies:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cookies contain tiny\u00a0<strong>amounts of data about users in text files<\/strong> that act like a website\u2019s memory.<\/li>\n<li>As soon as we use a server, tiny amounts of data start getting stored inside a cookie.<\/li>\n<li>The website\u00a0<strong>uses it to identify users and their devices<\/strong>, which also stores these cookies.<\/li>\n<li>Whenever a user visits the same website, the cookies identify him\/her and make it show relevant information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Types of cookies<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Session cookies:<\/strong> These\u00a0<strong>are temporary cookies<\/strong> like post-it notes for websites.<\/li>\n<li>They are stored in your computer\u2019s memory only during your browsing session. Once you close your browser, they vanish.<\/li>\n<li>These can help websites remember your actions as you navigate, like items in your shopping cart.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Persistent cookies<\/strong>: These are the digital equivalent of bookmarks.<\/li>\n<li>They stay on your device after your browsing session ends.<\/li>\n<li>Persistent cookies remember your login information, language preferences, and even the ads you have interacted with. They are handy for a more personalised web experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secure cookies:\u00a0<\/strong>These are only sent over encrypted connections, making them safer from prying eyes. Secure cookies are often used for sensitive data like login credentials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uses of cookies<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>They act as\u00a0<strong>digital ID cards<\/strong>, aiding in user authentication by allowing websites to recognise and keep you logged in during your visit.<\/li>\n<li>They foster a\u00a0<strong>sense of personalisation<\/strong>, recalling your preferences such as language choice or website theme.<\/li>\n<li>They function\u00a0<strong>as the digital equivalent of a persistent shopping cart<\/strong>, ensuring that items you have added online remain there when you return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Digital technology?<\/h3>\n<p>It refers to the use of digital systems, which are based on binary code (0s and 1s), to store, transmit, process, and manipulate data. It encompasses a wide range of technologies and tools that have revolutionized various aspects of our lives, including communication and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/inside-the-digital-world-of-cookies\/article67357119.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Explained | Inside the digital world of cookies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet cookies contain tiny amounts of data about users in text files that act like a website\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}