1.
[syn: cookie jar, cooky jar]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cookie jar
n 1: a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is
hidden) [syn: cookie jar, cooky jar]
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
cookie jar
1. 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.
2. A cracker term for the password file of a
multi-user computer.
[Jargon File]
(1997-02-12)