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Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

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236 points wizerno | 4 comments | 20 Oct 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.638s | source
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jasoneckert ◴[20 Oct 24 12:27 UTC] No.41894902[source]▶
The *nix world is full of dark-but-fun terminology. Daemons run the system. New files get 666 (before the umask takes away unnecessary permissions). Parents kill their children before killing themselves. And sometimes you have to kill zombies.
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1. _fat_santa ◴[20 Oct 24 15:50 UTC] No.41896139[source]▶
Almost feels like a right of passage when you inevitably google something like "kill self" (in reference to killing the current process) and get a popup telling you about suicide resources.
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2. ganjatech ◴[20 Oct 24 16:43 UTC] No.41896621[source]▶
Or indeed a rite of passage
3. mort96 ◴[20 Oct 24 20:02 UTC] No.41898083[source]▶
Or "kill orphaned children" and be put a list somewhere
4. jakjak123 ◴[20 Oct 24 20:11 UTC] No.41898149[source]▶
"Kill orphaned child process"