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Any interaction between a browser and a server via a stateless HTTP protocol can use a unique value passed between the browser and server. This serves as special key to indentify other data maintained on the server that is never passed to the browser and not visible. It is analogous to a key in a database that identifies a row or multiple rows of data and can also server as a foreign key to other tables of data.

WAMs use a similar technique, using a unique identifier which is used as a way to determine the identity of the session and its access session state on the server.

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