cookie

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000963",
  "term": "cookie",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A piece of state information supplied by a web server to a browser that is temporarily stored and returned to the server on any subsequent visits or requests.\n\n2. A piece of state information supplied by a Web server to a browser, in a response for a requested resource, for the browser to store temporarily and return to the server on any subsequent visits or requests.\n\n3. A small file that stores information for a Web site.\n\n4. A small file that stores information for a Web site on a user’s computer.\n\n5. A character string, placed in a web browser’s memory, which is available to websites within the same Internet domain as the server that placed them in the web browser.\nCookies are used for many purposes and may be assertions or may contain pointers to assertions. See Section 9.1.1 for more information.",
  "references": [
    "NIST IR 8459",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-28; NIST SP 800-28 Version 2",
    "NIST SP 800-69 [Withdrawn]",
    "NIST SP 800-114 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-63-2 [Superseded]",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/cookie/"
}