]]> A small file installed by a website on a visitor's computer to record the visitor's activity. Information in digital form that a computer can process, store or use in some other way. A set of related data that's saved with a file name to identify it. A spinning magnetic disk for storing permanent data, usually fixed inside a computer but sometimes an external device. The physical, tangible parts of computers (such as motherboards, hard drives) and their peripherals (such as printers, modems).