Cookies

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he Cookies header contains one or more name-value pairs. In the request above, these are cs_mode with value edit and cs_login with value bla2blahh15861cablah57dblah43blah. Cookies are small pieces of information that the server sends to the browser. The browser then sends those pieces of information back to the server on every request. Cookies are a great way to maintain a sense of state for the user. In the case of this site, the user may have two pieces of state: a login, and a mode.