cookie monster


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 thevictim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or theconsole (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "IWANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexityfrom "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward.

See also wabbit.