reinsurance in Insurance (riÉªnÊÊÉrÉns) or reassurance. Reinsurance is insurance protection taken out by an insurer to limit its exposure to losses on an original insurance contract. A property insurer may not be able to buy reinsurance to protect its own bottom line unless it keeps its potential maximum losses under a certain level.
A computer cookie, also referred to as an HTTP cookie, is a small text file that contains a unique ID tag, placed on the user's computer by a website. In this file, various information can be stored, from pages visited on the site, to information voluntarily given to the site.
Origin. As a concept, the computer cookie dates back to 1994. In that year, it was adapted as a tool for the World Wide Web by Leo Montulli from a similar technique, called magic cookie, which was used in UNIXÂ® systems. This is also the origin of the term itself.