▲ 98 ▼ How do you pronounce daemon? (piefed.zeromedia.vip) submitted 8 months ago by guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to c/linux@programming.dev 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments Demon? Damon? Or something more exotic?
[–] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 8 points 8 months ago (2 children) In case you ever wondered where it came from in computing. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) I thought it was a reference to Maxwell's demon. Daemons in computing, generally processes that run on servers to respond to users, are named for Maxwell's demon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 2 points 8 months ago Yes the CTSS crew were reportedly thinking of Maxewell's demon but also chose to change it to the "daemon" spelling to make it sound more like a "friendly garden spirit than a monster" and the pronounced it "deemon". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) I thought it was a reference to Maxwell's demon. Daemons in computing, generally processes that run on servers to respond to users, are named for Maxwell's demon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 2 points 8 months ago Yes the CTSS crew were reportedly thinking of Maxewell's demon but also chose to change it to the "daemon" spelling to make it sound more like a "friendly garden spirit than a monster" and the pronounced it "deemon". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 2 points 8 months ago Yes the CTSS crew were reportedly thinking of Maxewell's demon but also chose to change it to the "daemon" spelling to make it sound more like a "friendly garden spirit than a monster" and the pronounced it "deemon". permalink fedilink source parent