daemon

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Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daimon, “a god, goddess, divine power, genius, guardian spirit”), from δαίω (daio, “to divide, to distribute destinies, to allot”).

Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

  1. (archaic) A demon.
  2. (Greek mythology) A lesser deity between men and gods.
  3. One's inner spirit or daimon.
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Etymology 2

Perhaps an abbreviation of disk and execution monitor, or of device monitor, or perhaps just an adaptation of Etymology 1.

Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

  1. (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
Translations
computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal
  • Finnish: taustaprosessi fi(fi), daemoni fi(fi)
  • Greek: δαίμων el(el) (δémon) m.
  • Russian: демон ru(ru) (démon) m.
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Latin

Noun

daemon (genitive daemōnis); m, third declension

  1. a demon

Inflection

Third declension, parisyllabic i-stem variation (3:PAR).

Number Singular Plural
nominative daemon daemōnēs
genitive daemōnis daemōnium
dative daemōnī daemōnibus
accusative daemōnem daemōnēs 1
ablative daemōne daemōnibus
vocative daemon daemōnēs

1 May also be daemonīs.

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