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Cookies are only stored on the client-side machine, while sessions get stored on the client as well as a server. A session creates a file in a temporary directory on the server where registered session variables and their values are stored.
Cookies are sent by the browser to the server when an HTTP request starts, and they are sent back from the server, which can edit their content. Cookies are essentially used to store a session id. In the past cookies were used to store various types of data, since there was no alternative.
Who creates cookies client or server?
All cookies are client and server A cookie that is set by the server, will be sent to the client in a response. The server only sends the cookie when it is explicitly set or changed, while the client sends the cookie on each request. But essentially it’s the same cookie.
They are bits of text stored on the client machine and sent with the HTTP request to the Web site for which they were created. The session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. Session cookies do not collect information from your computer.
Cookies are stored in the client’s browser with a timeout after which they are deleted. Upon every HTTP request to the server, they are sent to the server automatically. The cookie is usually set by the server, not the client (but it’s possible).
Why are cookies stored on client?
Cookies are small files which are stored on a user’s computer. This allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script which is aware of the data in the cookie and so is able to carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next.