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Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

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236 points wizerno | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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vhodges ◴[20 Oct 24 13:36 UTC] No.41895286[source]▶
From: https://devrant.com/rants/1101391/my-daily-unix-command-list...

unzip; strip; touch; finger; mount; fsck; more; yes; unmount; sleep.

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1. prepend ◴[20 Oct 24 21:30 UTC] No.41898639[source]▶
Tail/head

It’s almost like these commands were all made by nerd teenage boys.

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2. p_l ◴[21 Oct 24 09:51 UTC] No.41902408[source]▶
or rather nerd teenagers finding a way to joke on terms that didn't relate to sex until they thought of it and started spreading.