cookie

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1. HTTP cookie.

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2. A handle, transaction id or other token of agreement between cooperating programs. "I give him a packet, he gives me back a cookie".

The ticket you get from a dry-cleaning shop is an example of a cookie; the only thing it's useful for is to relate a later transaction to this one (so you get the same clothes back).

Compare magic cookie; see also fortune cookie.

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3. A cracker term for the password list on a multi-user computer.

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4. An adjective describing a computer that just became toast.

Last updated: 1997-04-14

Nearby terms:

cookbook ♦ cooked mode ♦ cookie ♦ cookie bear ♦ cookie file ♦ cookie jar

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