Sometimes this may just be a session id of some sort that can be used to retrieve server-side state from memory or a database.

有时候这仅仅是某种类型的会话id，它可以用来从内存或数据库检索服务器端状态。

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The other alternatives for storing server-side state in J2EE applications is to use stateful session beans, or store conversational state in the database.

在J2EE应用程序中存储服务器端状态的其他方法是使用有状态会话bean，或者在数据库中存储会话状态。

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In most CGI applications, much of the state is stored in a database, but only a session ID is passed to each script via a cookie.

在大多数CGI应用程序中，大部分状态存储在数据库中，只有会话id通过cookie传递给每个脚本。

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