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98-361 · Question #174

Which term is used to describe small units of text that are stored on a client computer and retrieved to maintain state?

The correct answer is C. cookie. HTTP is a stateless protocol. This means that user data is not persisted from one Web page to the next in a Web site. One way to maintain state is through the use of cookies. Cookies store a set of user specific information, such as a reference identifier for a database record…

Understanding Web Applications

Question

Which term is used to describe small units of text that are stored on a client computer and retrieved to maintain state?

Options

  • Atrace
  • Bcross-page post
  • Ccookie
  • Dserver transfer

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    75% (24)
  • D
    16% (5)

Explanation

HTTP is a stateless protocol. This means that user data is not persisted from one Web page to the next in a Web site. One way to maintain state is through the use of cookies. Cookies store a set of user specific information, such as a reference identifier for a database record that holds customer information.

Topics

#cookies#session state#client-side storage#web state management

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