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Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

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1. gcanyon ◴[] No.41894694[source]
Ha -- I read the title and said to myself, "gotta be Maxwell, right?" The jolt of pleasure I get from being right about things like this is unreasonable.
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2. JKCalhoun ◴[] No.41895324[source]
Yeah, author tries to throw us a curve ball at first with that koo-koo backronym.