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/ko'pee-rongd/

[play on 'Copyright']

adj. Syn. for copybroke.

/kop'ee-left/

[play on 'Copyright']

n. 1. The copyright notice ('General Public License') carried by GNU EMACS and other Free Software Foundation software, granting reuse and reproduction rights to all comers (but see also General Public Virus).

2. By extension, any copyright notice intended to achieve similar aims.

/ko'pee-brohk/

adj. [play on 'copyright'] Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been 'broken'; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled.

Syn. copywronged.

/kä-pē prə-ˈtek-shən/

n. A class of clever methods for preventing incompetent pirates from stealing software and legitimate customers from using it. Considered silly.

/kä-pər/

n. Conventional electron-carrying network cable with a core conductor of copper -- or aluminum!

Opposed to light pipe or, say, a short-range microwave link.

/ku̇-kē män(t)-stər/

[from Sesame Street]

/ku̇-kē fī(-ə)l/

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

/ku̇-kē ber/

n. Syn. cookie monster.

/ku̇-kē/

n. A handle, transaction ID, or other token of agreement between cooperating programs.

"I give him a packet, he gives me back a cookie."

The claim check you get from a dry-cleaning shop is a perfect mundane example of a cookie; the only thing it's useful for is to relate a later transaction to this one (so you get the same clothes back).

Compare magic cookie; see also fortune cookie.

/ku̇k-ˌbu̇k/

[from amateur electronics and radio]