Cookie

When you use the Internet, cookies are files that 'mysteriously' appear in your temporary Internet files. They come from the sites you have visited and can cause some users so much distress that they resort to special programs to remove them. Cookies are mostly sent to your machine so that the sites you visit will be able to recognise your machine when you revisit. They are used in e-commerce to identify purchasers. Cookies can be removed from your computer but you may have to delete them one at a time. If you are really bothered by cookies you can stop your browser from accepting them.