Web

8 terms in this category.

A small piece of data a website stores in your browser to remember state between requests.

The browser rule that stops scripts on one site from reading data from another site without permission.

The internet's phone book: it translates human-readable domain names into IP addresses.

The latest version of HTTP, built on QUIC over UDP, designed for lower latency and better mobile behaviour.

The header that tells a site which page you were on before clicking through.

A cookie attribute that controls whether the cookie is sent on cross-site requests.

A background script that lets a site intercept network requests, cache responses and work offline.

A cookie that lasts only until you close the browser, used to keep you signed in within a single visit.