cookie jar n.
An area of memory set aside for storing cookies. Most commonly heard in the Atari ST
community; many useful ST programs record their presence by
storing a distinctive magic
number in the jar. Programs can inquire after the
presence or otherwise of other programs by searching the contents
of the jar.
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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.
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copious free time n.
[Apple; orig. fr. the intro to Tom Lehrer's song "It Makes A
Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier"] 1. [used ironically to indicate
the speaker's lack of the quantity in question] A mythical
schedule slot for accomplishing tasks held to be unlikely or
impossible. Sometimes used to indicate that the speaker is
interested in accomplishing the task, but believes that the
opportunity will not arise. "I'll implement the automatic layout
stuff in my copious free time." 2. [Archly] Time reserved for
bogus or otherwise idiotic tasks, such as implementation of chrome, or the stroking of suits. "I'll get back to him on that feature in
my copious free time."
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copper n.
Conventional electron-carrying network cable with a core
conductor of copper -- or aluminum! Opposed to light pipe or, say, a short-range
microwave link.