[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

cookie monster n. 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. folklorist jan brunvand see foaf has described these
   programs as urban legends implying they probably never existed but
   they existed, all right, in several different versions. see also
   wabbit. interestingly, the term `cookie monster' appears to be a
   retcon; the original term was cookie bear.


see also:
tops-10 its multics console mainframe foaf 
wabbit retcon cookie bear 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

cookie monster
     
         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
     
     
see also:
tops-10 its multics time-sharing console mainframe 
wabbit jargon file 

Cookie >> C Words
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Monster >> M Words
Monster, definition of term: Monster
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Cookie File >> C Words
Cookie File, definition of term: Cookie File
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Sea Monster >> S Words
Sea Monster, definition of term: Sea Monster
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Magic Cookie >> M Words
Magic Cookie, definition of term: Magic Cookie
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Gila Monster >> G Words
Gila Monster, definition of term: Gila Monster
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Fortune Cookie >> F Words
Fortune Cookie, definition of term: Fortune Cookie
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Http Cookie >> H Words
Http Cookie, definition of term: Http Cookie
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