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06-15-04, 02:27 PM
"History of cookies <BR><BR>Cookies for the internet were originally developed in 1995 by the Netscape Communications Corporation. The word "cookie" comes from "magic cookie," a term in programming languages for a piece of information shared between co-operating pieces of software. The choice of the word cookie appears to come from the American tradition of giving and sharing edible cookies. "<BR><BR>-- http://www.aboutcookies.org/cookiefaq.html<BR><BR>So the term cookie did derive from the US desire for sugar <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">