N> (From the childreN' s TV program "Sesame Street") ANy of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported oNTOPS-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)
