cookie bear ⇝

cookie monster

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(From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward.

See also wabbit.

[Jargon File]

Last updated: 1997-02-12

Nearby terms:

cookie bear ♦ cookie file ♦ cookie jar ♦ cookie monster ♦ cooky ♦ COOL ♦ CooL

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