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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: Quick Question: on UNIX History
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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 23:39:02 GMT
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In article <2t82s4$m5p@pdx1.world.net>, darren@inherent.com (Inherent Network Admin Center) writes:
> What is the history behind the name "daemon?" (Er, please,
> not the definition of daemon.) We all know that a UNIX daemon is a
> process that resides in a running UNIX system more or less
> permanently and performs some on-going task such as collecting files
> to be printed. But the more interesting question is how did these
> processes earn the name "daemon;" that is, why the term?
Take a look in comp.society.folklore where a long thread on this is just
winding down...
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
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