Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

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236 points wizerno | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source

1. etcd ◴[20 Oct 24 11:07 UTC] No.41894559[source]▶

Always thought it was because it denotes a process that stays alive and so is like a little living demon in your computer.