Cookie Monster: [from The Children's TV Program "Sesame Street"] N.

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:cookie monster: [from the children's TV program "Sesame
Street"] n. 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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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