cookie

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cookie [cookie cookies] BrE [ˈkʊki] NAmE [ˈkʊki] noun (pl. cookies)
1. (especially NAmE)a small flat sweet cake for one person, usually baked until crisp
•chocolate chip cookies
•a cookie jar
compare ↑biscuit, ↑cracker
see also ↑fortune cookie
2. smart/tough ~ (NAmE, informal)a smart/tough person
3. (computing)a computer file with information in it that is sent to the central ↑server each time a particular person uses a ↑network or the Internet
see that's the way the cookie crumbles at ↑way _n.

Word Origin:
early 18th cent.: from Dutch koekje ‘little cake’, diminutive of koek.

Collocations:
Email and the Internet
Email
receive/get/open an email
write/send/answer/forward/delete an email
check/read/access your email
block/filter (out) junk/spam/unsolicited email
exchange email addresses
open/check your inbox
junk mail fills/floods/clogs your inbox
have/set up an email account
open/send/contain an attachment
sign up for/receive email alerts
Connecting to the Internet
use/access/log onto the Internet/the Web
go online/on the Internet
have a high-speed/dial-up/broadband/wireless (Internet) connection
access/connect to/locate the server
use/open/close/launch a/your web browser
browse/surf/search/scour the Internet/the Web
send/contain/spread/detect a (computer/email) virus
update your anti-virus software
install/use/configure a firewall
accept/enable/block/delete cookies
Using the Internet
visit/check a website/an Internet site/sb's blog
create/design/launch a website/social networking site
start/write/post/read a blog
update your blog/a website
be in/meet sb in/go into/enter an Internet chat room
download/upload music/software/a song/a podcast/a file/a copy of sth
share information/data/files
post a comment/message on a website/an online message board/a web forum/an internet chat room
stream video/audio/music/content over the Internet
join/participate in/visit/provide a (web-based/web/online/Internet/discussion) forum
generate/increase/monitor Internet traffic

Example Bank:
•Girl Scouts went around the neighborhood selling cookies.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cooky, biscuit