Web designers, site owners, and companys use this to track visitors to a web site so the visitors do not have to enter the same information every time they go to a new page or revisit a site. One way that it is used, an e-commerce site will use cookies to keep track of purchases a visitor makes while shopping through their web catalog. Cookies hold a lot of information about you and your computer. A standard that allows users to transfer files from one computer to another using a modem and telephone lines. Like the HTTP coding to a web page, a protocol.
Computers have a language all their own and for the text and graphics to show.
Well the html code is sorta hidden behind what you are seeing right now on your computer screen. Here is how you do it. Each little symbol you see is a command and its just a matter of learning how they work. Coming soon will be a page showing what and how the commands work, so check back soon. Hyperlink An area found on web pages and other electronic documents that, when clicked with a mouse automatically opens a file or web page in your web browser.