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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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1. bityard ◴[20 Oct 24 20:15 UTC] No.41898169[source]▶
Yes. Daemon is just the archaic spelling of demon. The ae is a vowel sound that didn't survive to modern times. The word was NEVER pronounced "damon." To my knowledge.