Look up: daemon

1. daemon
   [n] - a person who is part mortal and part god
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2. Daemon
   Disc And Execution Monitor - an otherwise harmless Unix program that normally works out of sight of the user - on the Internet, you'll most likely encounter it only when your e-mail is not delivered to your recipient - you'll get back your original message plus an ugly message from a 'mailer daemon'.
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3. Daemon
   A process that runs all the time.
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4. daemon
   To the early Greeks, a god as he appeared in his dealings with humans. In classical times the word came to mean a lesser deity, inferior to the Olympians, but taking a personal interest in...
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5. daemon
   a background application or process that performs specific tasks Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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6. daemon
   noun a person who is part mortal and part god
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7. Daemon
   • (a.) Alt. of Daemonic
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8. daemon
   daemon ' ... a daemon and a demon are not one and the same thing. And it is daemon, in its Platonic sense of a being intermediary between gods and men — not demon with its Judaeo-Christian import of an unclean, evil, or malignant spirit that we must keep in mind.' —Webster's New International ...
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9. daemon
   (operating system) /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 aw...
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10. Daemon
    (classical mythology) The words `daemon` and `daimon` are Latinized spellings of the Greek `δαίμων` (`daimôn`), a reference to the daemons of Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hellenistic religion and philosophy. Daemons are good or benevolent "supernatural bein...
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11. Daemon
    (computing) In Unix and other computer multitasking work=Jargon File|The Jargon File -->--> is a computer program that runs in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user; they are usually initiated as background processes. Typically daemons have names that end with the let...
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12. Daemon
    (Warhammer) In the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes, the `Daemons` are malevolent spirits born out of the destructive power called Chaos. The daemons found in both universes are very similar, although the precise natures of their creation and existence ...
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13. Daemon
    (technothriller series) `Daemon` and `Freedomâ„¢` comprise a two-part novel by the author Daniel Suarez about a distributed, persistent computer application, known as `The Daemon`, that begins to change the real world after the original programmer`s death. The Wall Street...
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14. Daemon
    (film) `Daemon` is a 1985 British horror film about a young man who is possessed by a demon. It was written and directed by Colin Finbow. It starred Susannah York, Bert Parnaby and Arnaud Morell. It is a ghost story set in suburbia. Eleven-year-old Nick movies into a large old house wi...
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