Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting, usually by embedded services like ad networks, analytics tools, chat.
Strictly necessary cookies are the ones a website cannot function without: login sessions, shopping carts, security tokens, and load-balancing.
A consent management platform is software that asks visitors for permission to set non-essential cookies, blocks trackers until that permission.
Dark patterns are banner designs that push visitors toward accepting: a bright accept button with a hidden reject option, confusing wording, or extra.