Many web pages today use ____ —small text files that are stored on your hard drive by a web server, typically the one associated with the web page being viewed—to identify return visitors and their preferences.
The data of the webpages on the Internet are commonly stored into hard drives from servers around the world. These supercomputers have the capability to store huge chunks of data just to keep the web page from running. The HTTP protocol is the one that allows for these servers to store data.