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Subject:Re: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com From:"Chris Blanc" <technical -dot- communications -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 9 May 2007 11:09:40 -0500
On 5/9/07, Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> wrote:
> > The first time you log in to the server, it will submit a digital
> > token, or "cookie," to your browser which will be stored on your
> > machine. Each time the server sees this cookie again, it will consider
> > you to be logged in.
>
> The problem I see with this is that if you're writing for people who don't know
> what a cookie is, there are a lot of concepts in this description that those people
> will not understand either--"log in to the server," "digital token," "machine."
Interesting point. Let's try a hybrid definition:
The first time you log in to the server, it will send a small amount
of data to your computer. This data, or "cookie," identifies you to
the server, so that each time you login, it associates the computer
you are using with your account on the server.
"account" is questionable, as it doesn't always pair to that. Any
suggestions you have would be appreciated.
FYI, a cookie isn't a file, it's a string composed of a pair of
strings. It is stored as a file, but not sent as a file, although the
difference could well be construed as academic.
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