Developers are often find Session and cookies to be same but there is one major difference. Sessions are stored on server while cookies are stored on clients machine. Cookies can easily be tampered by an expert hacker where as session is somewhat safe. Still, cookies are used in many web applications. You must have seen “Remember me on this computer” check box.
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