cookie bear ==>
cookie monster
<recreation> (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]
(1997-02-12)
Nearby terms:
cookie bear « cookie file « cookie jar « cookie
monster
» cooky » COOL » CooL
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