[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fortune cookie
     n : thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper

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

fortune cookie n. waits, via unix; common a random quote, item of
   trivia, joke, or maxim printed to the user's tty at login time or less
   commonly at logout time. items from this lexicon have often been used
   as fortune cookies. see cookie file.


see also:
cookie file 

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

fortune cookie
     
        waits, via the unix "fortune" program a quotation, item
        of trivia, joke, or maxim selected at random from a collection
        the "cookie file" and printed to the user's tty at login
        time or less commonly at logout time.
     
        there was a fortune program on tops-20.
     
        first program?
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-02-14
     
     
see also:
waits unix cookie file tops-20 jargon file 

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Fortune, definition of term: Fortune
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Cookie >> C Words
Cookie, definition of term: Cookie
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Fortune Telling >> F Words
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Fortune Teller >> F Words
Fortune Teller, definition of term: Fortune Teller
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Cookie File >> C Words
Cookie File, definition of term: Cookie File
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Magic Cookie, definition of term: Magic Cookie
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Good Fortune >> G Words
Good Fortune, definition of term: Good Fortune
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Http Cookie >> H Words
Http Cookie, definition of term: Http Cookie
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