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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fortune cookie</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="Fortrash.html" title="Fortrash"/><link rel="next" href="forum.html" title="forum"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fortune cookie</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Fortrash.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="forum.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fortune-cookie"/><dt xmlns="" id="fortune-cookie"><b>fortune cookie</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [WAITS, via Unix; common] A random quote, item of trivia, joke, or
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maxim printed to the user's tty at login time or (less commonly) at logout
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time. Items from this lexicon have often been used as fortune cookies.
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See <a href="../C/cookie-file.html"><i class="glossterm">cookie file</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Fortrash.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="forum.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Fortrash<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>forum</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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