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How do you pronounce daemon? (piefed.zeromedia.vip)
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Demon? Damon? Or something more exotic?

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[–] 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.

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  • [–] 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".

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