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Line 14: ==Background== [[File:Cookie stack.jpg\|thumb\|HTTP cookies share their name with [[cookie\|a popular baked treat]].]]▼ ===Origin of the name=== ▲[[File:Cookie stack.jpg\|thumb\|HTTP cookies share their name with [[cookie\|a popular baked treat]].]] The term ''cookie'' was coined by web-browser programmer [[Lou Montulli]]. It was derived from the term ''[[magic cookie]]'', which is a packet of data a program receives and sends back unchanged, used by [[Unix]] programmers.<ref name="wdi6I">{{cite web\|url=http://dominopower.com/article/where-cookie-comes-from/\|title=Where cookie comes from :: DominoPower\|website=dominopower.com\|access-date=19 October 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019174750/http://dominopower.com/article/where-cookie-comes-from/\|archive-date=19 October 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="xVtjM">{{cite web\|editor-last1=Raymond\|editor-first1=Eric \|title=magic cookie\|url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/M/magic-cookie.html\|website=The Jargon File (version 4.4.7)\|access-date=8 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906230653/http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/M/magic-cookie.html\|archive-date=6 September 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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