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Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

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twobitshifter ◴[20 Oct 24 12:58 UTC] No.41895073[source]▶
Do you pronounce it as demon or like Matt Damon?
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jamesog ◴[20 Oct 24 14:44 UTC] No.41895682[source]▶
It should more properly be written as dæmon. The æ ("ash") character is usually pronounced more like "ee", as in encyclopædia. I've never heard anyone say "encycloPAYdia" :-)
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lagniappe ◴[20 Oct 24 16:03 UTC] No.41896258[source]▶
because it's spelled encyclopedia
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1. jamesog ◴[20 Oct 24 16:47 UTC] No.41896655{3}[source]▶
US English spells it as encyclopedia, British English spells it as encyclopaedia.