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Cookies were named after magic cookies

Technology · Internet · V6.8 patch 148 / curated weird facts

Web cookies borrowed their name from an older computing term for a packet of data passed around.

TopicTechnology · Internet
SourceV6.8 patch 148 / curated weird facts
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