Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

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1. pyinstallwoes ◴[20 Oct 24 09:47 UTC] No.41894251[source]▶

from PIE dai-mon- "divider, provider" (of fortunes or destinies), from root da- "to divide."

to divide power, compute.