Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:04:19 -0400 From: "Jon Craig" <jcraig03@tampabay.rr.com> To: <freebsd@masspostroad.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <000801c130de$f29c7f60$8d24fea9@tampabay.rr.com> References: <6C5913137AC8D4119A1800902794313E1053C6@ISTECH4>
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Here it is: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/projects/t1glossary2000/_disk_and_execution_monit or.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Gould" <AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org> To: "Jonathan Hilgeman" <JHilgeman@ecx.com>; "'Erik Trulsson'" <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: <freebsd@masspostroad.net>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:53 PM Subject: RE: > I recall reading somewhere that daemon stood for "Disk And Execution > MONitor." I can't remember the source; so I don't know how valid the > explanation is. > > Andrew > > > ---------- > > From: Erik Trulsson[SMTP:ertr1013@student.uu.se] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:32 PM > > To: Jonathan Hilgeman > > Cc: 'freebsd@masspostroad.net'; 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' > > Subject: Re: > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 02:22:57PM -0700, Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > > > Theory #1139: > > > A demon is thought to be a supernatural being that has limited power, > > but > > > its power cannot be used unless it is invoked. Likewise, a daemon sits > > in > > > the background and HAS power, but it doesn't use it unless it is called > > or > > > invoked. > > > > > > - Jonathan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matthew P. Marino [mailto:freebsd@masspostroad.net] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:08 AM > > > To: Iridium Ronin > > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: Re: > > > > > > > > > daemon/demon, it's a trivial word play. Now why they called them daemon > > is > > > another issue. I'm sure there's a very deep logical reason that any > > computer > > > scientist PHD would understand. > > > > From the FreeBSD Handbook: > > > > We call these programs daemons. Daemons were characters in > > Greek mythology; neither good or evil, they were little > > attendant spirits that, by and large, did useful things for > > mankind. Much like the web servers and mail servers of today do > > useful things. This is why the BSD mascot has, for a long time, > > been the cheerful looking daemon with sneakers and a pitchfork. > > > > > > > > (Hint: Read the documentation. There is a lot of useful and/or > > interesting stuff there.) > > > > > > -- > > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > > Erik Trulsson > > ertr1013@student.uu.se > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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