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From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 05:53:42PM -0500, Andrew Gould wrote:
> 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.
> 

According to the Jargon File:  ( http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/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
...




-- 
<Insert your favourite quote here.>
Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se


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