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Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

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236 points wizerno | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.4s | source
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trash_cat ◴[20 Oct 24 12:04 UTC] No.41894792[source]▶
"Disk And Executive MONitor" does sound kinda cool, though.
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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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1. m463 ◴[20 Oct 24 19:28 UTC] No.41897862[source]▶
Does Anyone Else Make Outrageous Names?