Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supercookie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-cook-ie
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.

Informal

Example Sentences

"The SharedObject class is familiar to many Flash programmers as a way to create a kind of supercookie; a local shared object (LSO) can store ActionScript data on the client between sessions."
"While doing an online security scan, I was told I can ^([sic]) a vulnerability because of the presence of a supercookie."
"I use the SR Ware Iron Browser, always on Incognito, and set to remove all data when i close the pane. I also remove all records after each day. Can you tell me, does this remove the supercookies?"

Etymology

From super- + cookie.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

supercookies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

evercookie

Questions

What does supercookie mean?: A data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.
Where does supercookie come from?: From super- + cookie.

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