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Numan Hanif
Numan Hanif

Reputation: 246

Html 5 vs Web browser storage

I have some confusion about the storage of html5 vs web browser storage

the thing which is confusing me is that when we say that html5 storage what do we mean by it and what do we mean when we say web browser storage are they different things or same thing with different Terminalogies kindly correct me

Upvotes: 1

Views: 109

Answers (1)

Kevin Seifert
Kevin Seifert

Reputation: 3572

HTML 5 added additional storage options that allow you to store a lot more data. They are localStorage and sessionStorage

In the past your only option was "cookies," which were not reliable beyond a 100K or so. At best these would just save a session pointer, with most of the data actually stored on a server. Unlike cookies, localStorage isn't bound by an expiration date.

"Web browser storage" is a generic term, that doesn't necessarily mean cookies. Your two basic options are server storage (database, flat files, etc) or web browser storage (cookies, HTML5 localStorage, sessionStorage, page variables, etc).

Upvotes: 3

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