[koo
k-ee] 
| 1. | a small cake made from stiff, sweet dough rolled and sliced or dropped by spoonfuls on a large, flat pan (cookie sheet) and baked. |
| 2. | Informal. dear; sweetheart (a term of address, usually connoting affection). |
| 3. | Slang.
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| 4. | Computers. a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a Web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a Web page. |
| 5. | South Atlantic States (chiefly North Carolina). a doughnut. |
| 6. | Scot. a bun. |
| 7. | toss or spill one's cookies, Slang. to vomit. |
cookie (k k'ē) Pronunciation Key
A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site. Cookies are used to relate one computer transaction to a later one. |