20 Things You Somehow Missed In The Matrix
5. The Cookie
When it comes to web-browsing, everyone has heard of 'cookies' - chances are you've been asked to consent to them when you opened this very article - but not everyone fully understands what they actually are. In short though, they're a small piece of important information, sent by a website, and retained by the browser to remember later.
It's a tiny visual motif, but The Oracle handing Neo a single cookie after she's informed him about Morpheus' impeding demise is an incredibly nuanced way of explaining the scene. She has given him a small piece of important information and, quite literally, given him a cookie.