supercookie
supercookie noun: a data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.
Noun
supercookie (plural supercookies)
- A data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.
- The SharedObject class is familiar to many Flash programmers as a way to create a kind of supercookie; a local shared object (LSO) can store ActionScript data on the client between sessions.2005, Brian Lesser, Giacomo Guilizzoni, Robert Reinhardt, Programming Flash Communication Server
- While doing an online security scan, I was told I can ^([sic]) a vulnerability because of the presence of a supercookie.2005, Boojum, “Supercookie”, in microsoft.public.security (Usenet)
Forms of supercookie
| plural | supercookies |
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Origin of supercookie
From super- + cookie.
Questions about supercookie
- What does supercookie mean?
- Supercookie means a data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.
- What part of speech is supercookie?
- Supercookie is a noun.
- What is the plural of supercookie?
- The plural of supercookie is supercookies.
Words near supercookie in the dictionary
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