What is the origin of the name "cookie"?

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This cookie has become widely used from automatic login to user analysis, but why is it called cookie in the first place?

When I first learned the word cookie, I thought, "Is the browser something to eat?" and
A few years later, I still don't know the origin of this word

Some things like javascript and Ajax can infer technology from words to some extent, but this cookie is personally associated with food cookies.

I looked it up and found that the word "magic cookie" originated from the word "magic cookie" itself seems to be a mysterious word whose origin is unknown.

"Cookies" are information that is temporarily stored on a computer when you visit a website.The word originally comes from the omission of the IT term "magic cookie," which has the same meaning, but the origin of the word "magic cookie" itself is unclear.According to one theory, there used to be a video game in which you had to get a "magic cookie" to move on, and that is probably where it originated.

Source | 7 unexpected origins of IT terminology, including blogs, spam, and cookies

Does anyone know the origin of the cookie?

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2022-09-30 21:13

2 Answers

According to this Wikipedia article, the name "cookie" comes from Fortune Cookie.As Kenji explained, "cookie" has a special message (data) just like a message inside a cookie.

Also, according to the blog post by Lu Monturi,, After recalling the old cookie, (and Lou seems to like cookie in the first place).


2022-09-30 21:13

Lynx developer and creator of cookies during Netscape's tenure Lou Monturi blogged himself The irregular uses of Lou Montulli: The reasoning behind Web Cookies mention the origin of cookies.

The name

I had hard the term "magic cookie" from an operating systems course from college. The term has a something similar meeting to the way Web Cookies worked and I like the term "cookies" for aesthetic reasons. Cookies was the first I came up with the name stack.

On the blog, it is stated that it originated from magic cookie he heard in his OS class when he was in college.


2022-09-30 21:13

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