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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]
Daemon
the Greek form, rendered "devil" in the Authorized Version of
the New Testament. Daemons are spoken of as spiritual beings
(Matt. 8:16; 10:1; 12:43-45) at enmity with God, and as having a
certain power over man (James 2:19; Rev. 16:14). They recognize
our Lord as the Son of God (Matt. 8:20; Luke 4:41). They belong
to the number of those angels that "kept not their first
estate," "unclean spirits," "fallen angels," the angels of the
devil (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 12:7-9). They are the "principalities
and powers" against which we must "wrestle" (Eph. 6:12).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
daemon
/day'mn/ or /dee'mn/ (From the mythological
meaning, later rationalised as the acronym "Disk And Execution
MONitor") A program that is not invoked explicitly, but lies
dormant waiting for some condition(s) to occur. The idea is
that the perpetrator of the condition need not be aware that a
daemon is lurking (though often a program will commit an
action only because it knows that it will implicitly invoke a
daemon).
For example, under ITS writing a file on the LPT spooler's
directory would invoke the spooling daemon, which would then
print the file. The advantage is that programs wanting files
printed need neither compete for access to, nor understand any
idiosyncrasies of, the LPT. They simply enter their
implicit requests and let the daemon decide what to do with
them. Daemons are usually spawned automatically by the
system, and may either live forever or be regenerated at
intervals.
Unix systems run many daemons, chiefly to handle requests
for services from other hosts on a network. Most of these
are now started as required by a single real daemon, inetd,
rather than running continuously. Examples are cron (local
timed command execution), rshd (remote command execution),
rlogind and telnetd (remote login), ftpd, nfsd (file
transfer), lpd (printing).
Daemon and demon are often used interchangeably, but seem to
have distinct connotations (see demon). The term "daemon"
was introduced to computing by CTSS people (who pronounced
it /dee'mon/) and used it to refer to what ITS called a
dragon.
[{Jargon File]
(1995-05-11)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Daemon \D[ae]"mon\, n., Daemonic \D[ae]*mon"ic\, a.
See Demon, Demonic.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
[1913 Webster]
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between
the divine and the human. --Sydenham.
[1913 Webster]
2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the
demon of Socrates. [Often written d[ae]mon.]
[1913 Webster]
3. An evil spirit; a devil.
[1913 Webster]
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
daemon /day'mn/ or /dee'mn/ n. [from the mythological meaning, later
rationalized as the acronym `Disk And Execution MONitor'] A program that
is not invoked explicitly, but lies dormant waiting for some
condition(s) to occur. The idea is that the perpetrator of the condition
need not be aware that a daemon is lurking (though often a program will
commit an action only because it knows that it will implicitly invoke a
{ITS" rel="nofollow">daemon). For example, under {ITS, writing a file on the LPT
spooler's directory would invoke the spooling daemon, which would then
print the file. The advantage is that programs wanting (in this example)
files printed need neither compete for access to nor understand any
idiosyncrasies of the LPT. They simply enter their implicit requests
and let the daemon decide what to do with them. Daemons are usually
spawned automatically by the system, and may either live forever or be
regenerated at intervals.
Daemon and demon are often used interchangeably, but seem to have
distinct connotations. The term `daemon' was introduced to computing by
CTSS people (who pronounced it /dee'mon/) and used it to refer to what
ITS called a dragon; the prototype was a program called DAEMON that
automatically made tape backups of the file system. Although the meaning
and the pronunciation have drifted, we think this glossary reflects
current (2000) usage.
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]
DAEMON
Disk And Execution MONitor (Unix)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between
the divine and the human. --Sydenham.
2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the
demon of Socrates. [Often written d[ae]mon.]
3. An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Daemon \D[ae]"mon\, n., Daemonic \D[ae]*mon"ic\, a.
See Demon, Demonic.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
daemon
n 1: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian
belief [syn: devil, fiend, demon, daimon]
2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: demigod]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
daemon
Latin n.
1 a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place
or household
2 (lb la astrology) the 11th of the 12 astrological signs of the
zodiac
3 (lb la ecclesiastical) a demon
n.
1 An idea depicted as an entity.
2 (lb en uncommon) (alternative form of en demon).
alt.
(lb en computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not
have a controlling terminal.
n.
(lb en computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not
have a controlling terminal.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
daemon
n.
1 An idea depicted as an entity.
2 (lb en uncommon) (alternative form of en demon).
alt.
(lb en computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not
have a controlling terminal.
n.
(lb en computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not
have a controlling terminal.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
daemon
n.
1 An idea depicted as an entity.
2 (lb en uncommon) (alternative form of en demon).
alt.
(lb en computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not
have a controlling terminal.
n.
(lb en computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not
have a controlling terminal.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
daemon
n.
1 An idea depicted as an entity.
2 (lb en uncommon) (alternative form of en demon).
alt.
(lb en computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not
have a controlling terminal.
n.
(lb en computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not
have a controlling terminal.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
daemon
Latina n.
demoni
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
daemon
n.
(tagg: data) program som arbetar i bakgrunden istället för under
direkt kontroll av en användare
From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]
daemon
n.
(tagg: data) program som arbetar i bakgrunden istället för under
direkt kontroll av en användare
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Daemon /dˈiːmən/
الشيطان
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
daemon /dˈiːmən/
démon
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
daemon /dˈiːmən/
Dämon
Synonym: demon
see: demons, daemons
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
daemon //ˈdeɪmən// //ˈdiːmən//
daemoni, palveluprosessi, taustaprosessi
computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
daemon //ˈdeɪmən// //ˈdiːmən//
デーモン
computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
daemon /dˈiːmən/
1. demônio
2. programa residente
From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-rom ]
daemon /dˈiːmən/
demon
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
daemon //ˈdeɪmən// //ˈdiːmən//
demon
computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
daemon /dˈiːmən/
1. cin
2. koruyucu cin, himaye eden cin. daemon'ic doğaüstü, insanüstü
3. esinli.
From Svenska-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-rus ]
daemon /dˈɑːəmˌuːn/
демон
program som arbetar i bakgrunden istället för under direkt kontroll av en användare
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈdeɪmən/, /ˈdimən/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "daemon":
Geist, Muse, afflatus, ancestral spirits, angel, attendant godling,
atua, control, creative thought, creativity, daimonion, demon,
divine afflatus, evil spirits, fairy godmother, familiar,
familiar spirit, fire of genius, genius, genius domus, genius loci,
good angel, good genius, guardian, guardian angel, guardian spirit,
guide, household gods, inspiration, intelligence, invisible helper,
lares and penates, lares compitales, lares familiaris,
lares permarini, lares praestites, lares viales, manes,
ministering angel, numen, penates, soul, special providence,
specter, spirit, supernatural being, talent, totem, tutelar god,
tutelary
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
守护程序
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
恶魔,守护神
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