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)