HTTPevästeiden
HTTPevästeiden, or HTTP cookies in English, are small pieces of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. They were first introduced by web programmer Lou Montulli in 1994 while he was working for Netscape Communications. The primary purpose of HTTPevästeiden is to maintain stateful information (such as session tracking) in a stateless protocol like HTTP.
When a user visits a website, the server can send a cookie to the user's browser. The
Cookies can be either temporary (session cookies) or persistent. Session cookies are stored in memory and are
While HTTPevästeiden are widely used and generally safe, they have raised privacy concerns. Cookies can be
In summary, HTTPevästeiden are a fundamental part of the web, enabling essential functionalities like session management