Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:32:10 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> Subject: Re: Save the Demon! Message-ID: <20050210063210.GD57256@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <420AD761.8040306@cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <42094BCD.8060109@veldy.net> <852a5a28dc0de30211ed20243c4d29cf@ee.ryerson.ca> <420AD761.8040306@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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On 2005-Feb-10 04:39:13 +0100, Bj?rn K?nig <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote: >David Magda wrote: > >>It's "daemon", not "demon". Or even "dæmon" >It's a question whether you are British or American or understand it as >a proper name. ;-) My dictionary has both as headwords with a reference from demon to daemon (but not vice versa) and lists "a service program that is called into action by the operating system" under daemon. The etymology is from greek "daimon" via latin "daemon". -- Peter Jeremyhome | help
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