cookie file

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

cookie file
 n.

   A collection of {fortune cookie}s in a format that facilitates
   retrieval by a fortune program. There are several different cookie
   files in public distribution, and site admins often assemble their own
   from various sources including this lexicon.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

cookie file

   <operating system> A collection of {fortune cookies} in a
   format that facilitates retrieval by a {fortune} program.
   There are many cookie files in public distribution, and site
   admins often assemble their own from various sources.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1997-01-07)

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