cookie
n. countablen. a small, flat, sweet cake that is usually crisp or soft. In the digital world, it is also a tiny file that a website saves on your computer to remember your visits.
n. a small, flat, baked sweet treat, typically containing flour, sugar, and oil or fat. In computing, a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the web browser while the user is browsing.
I ate a chocolate chip cookie with my milk.
Most websites ask for your permission to store a cookie so they can remember your login details and preferences.
While the physical cookie remains a staple of confectionery, its digital namesake has become a central point of debate regarding online privacy and the tracking of consumer behavior across the internet.
In its computing sense, it is almost always used in the plural when discussing general web tracking.