daemon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 2 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.4.1.2 Usage notes 1.4.1.3 See also 2 Latin 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Inflection 2.1.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• dæmon
• demon

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'diːmən/

  Rhymes: -iːmən

[edit] Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daimon), “‘a god, goddess, divine power, genius, guardian spirit’”), from δαίω (daio), “‘to divide, to distribute destinies, to allot’”).

[edit] Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

1. (archaic) A demon.
2. (Greek mythology) A lesser deity between men and gods.
3. One's inner spirit or daimon.

[edit] Etymology 2

Perhaps an abbreviation of disk and execution monitor, or of device monitor, or perhaps just an adaptation of Etymology 1.

[edit] Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

1. (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Usage notes

• (Unix): Often a daemon will be a server.

[edit] See also

• background process

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

daemon m. (third declension, genitive daemonis)

1. a demon

[edit] Inflection

Third declension, parisyllabic i-stem variation (3:PAR).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	daemon	daemōnēs
genitive	daemōnis	daemōnium
dative	daemōnī	daemōnibus
accusative	daemōnem	daemōnēs 1
ablative	daemōne	daemōnibus
vocative	daemon	daemōnēs

¹ May also be daemonīs.

[edit] Derived terms

• daemonicus