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cookie jar

–noun
1. a jar or other container for storing cookies.
2. such a container used for storing money.
3. have one's hand in the cookie jar, Informal. to take or attempt to take advantage of one's position by demanding or accepting favors or bribes: They suspected the mayor's assistant had his hand in the cookie jar.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism
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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.
[The Jargon File]
(1997-02-12)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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