[lbo-talk] Provenance of "cookies"?

Kevin Robert Dean qualiall at adelphia.net
Wed Sep 17 15:34:00 PDT 2003

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> From: joanna bujes <jbujes at covad.net>

> Does anyone know how computer "cookies" got their name?
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> Thanks,
>
> Joanna

Webopedia.com says: "The name cookie derives from UNIX objects called magic cookies. These are tokens that are attached to a user or program and change depending on the areas entered by the user or program. "

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