How are browsing history and cookies different?

• A. Cookies are specific to a site. Browsing history relates to everything you look up
• B. Cookies track device hardware; history tracks software
• C. They are the same thing
• D. Browsers do not store cookies

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is how these two things manage information differently. Cookies are small data files that a website stores on your device to remember information about you for that site—things like your login status, preferences, or items in a shopping cart. They’re tied to the site's domain, so each site can have its own cookies, and those cookies are sent back to the site when you visit again to help it recognize you.

Browsing history is a record of every site you visited, across all sites, kept by the browser for easy navigation and search. It isn’t shared with websites, and it isn’t tied to a single site.

So the best description is that cookies are specific to a site, while browsing history covers everything you’ve looked up. The other statements don’t fit: cookies aren’t about hardware vs software, they aren’t the same thing, and browsers do store cookies.