Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:16:23 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Andrew Gould <AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org> Cc: Jonathan Hilgeman <JHilgeman@ecx.com>, "'freebsd@masspostroad.net'" <freebsd@masspostroad.net>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <20010830011623.B12548@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <6C5913137AC8D4119A1800902794313E1053C6@ISTECH4> References: <6C5913137AC8D4119A1800902794313E1053C6@ISTECH4>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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