Question

When a cookie is created during a website visit, it is stored: a. on the website's server. b. on the hard drive of the visitor's computer. c. on the ISP's servers. d. in the browser's application settings. e. nowhere, because they are only used during a visit and are discarded once a visitor leaves the Web site.

Answer 1

(B) on the hard drive of the visitor's computer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cookies are the information stored on your computer by a website you visit. They are usually small text files, given ID tags that are stored on your computer's browser directory or program data subfolders on the hard drive of your computer.

Cookies are created when you use your browser to visit a website that uses cookies to keep track of your movements within the site, help you resume where you left off, remember your registered login, theme selection, preferences, and other customization functions. This allows the site to present you with information customized to fit your needs.

And by default, the activities of storing and sending cookies are invisible to you. You can however, change your settings to allow you to approve or deny cookie storage requests, delete stored cookies automatically when you close your browser.