[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

daemon \dae"mon\, n., daemonic \daemon"ic\, a.
   see demon, demonic.
   1913 webster
see also:
demon demonic 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

demon \de"mon\, n. f. d'emon, 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 daemon.
      1913 webster

   3. an evil spirit; a devil.
      1913 webster

            that same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
daemon 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
devil fiend demon daimon demigod 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

daemon
     disk and execution monitor unix
     
     

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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
   conditions 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 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.


see also:
its lpt demon ctss dragon 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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 conditions 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
     
     
see also:
its lpt unix host network inetd 
cron rshd rlogind telnetd ftpd 
nfsd lpd demon ctss dragon 
jargon file 

[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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.
   

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