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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!bonkers!web.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 18 Nov 1996 19:18:47 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 10 Message-ID: <56qcqn$sl7@web.nmti.com> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <56jl24$hhg@ordeal.cts.com> <56kli3$395@kirin.wwa.com> <kbibb.848172436@shellx> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26529 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1557 alt.folklore.computers:124861 In article <kbibb.848172436@shellx>, Ken Bibb <kbibb@best.com> wrote: > But daemon is derived from the greek "daimon" (benevolent spirit). I thought it was just spirit. <grin> Daemons could be malevolent (like ircd) or benevolent (like init). </grin> -- </peter>