magic cookie

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Definition of magic cookie in English English dictionary

A token or short packet of data passed between communicating programs, used to identify a particular event or transaction; the data is typically not meaningful to the recipient program and not usually interpreted until the recipient passes the data back to the sender or another program at a later time

Related Terms

magic cookies

plural form of magic cookie

A magic cookie

cookie

Hyphenation

mag·ic Cook·ie

Turkish pronunciation

mäcîk kûki

Synonyms

cookie

Pronunciation

/ˈmaʤək ˈko͝okē/ /ˈmæʤɪk ˈkʊkiː/

Etymology

() By analogy with fortune cookie.