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236 points wizerno | 3 comments | 20 Oct 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

1. trash_cat ◴[20 Oct 24 12:04 UTC] No.41894792[source]▶

"Disk And Executive MONitor" does sound kinda cool, though.

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2. rubyfan ◴[20 Oct 24 12:13 UTC] No.41894834[source]▶

I’d guess someone backed into that acronym when asked “why do you call these things daemons?”

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3. m463 ◴[20 Oct 24 19:28 UTC] No.41897862[source]▶

Does Anyone Else Make Outrageous Names?

Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing