Note This article is relevant to Internet Explorer. See Web and Offline Storage for information on Web Storage in Microsoft Edge. The Web Storage API includes two related mechanisms for persisting client-side data in a secure manner using the Document Object Model (DOM), sessionStorage and localStorage. These objects were introduced in Windows Internet Explorer 8. What is Web Storage? Web Storage
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