Unix/Linux Terminology

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noun an inner or attendant spirit or inspiring force

  • In computer science, a daemon is a background process that runs continuously without being directly controlled by a user.
  • My computer started running slow because there was a rogue daemon hogging all the resources.
  • I swear, sometimes my phone acts like it's possessed by a daemon or something.
  • The daemon of self-doubt whispered in her ear, urging her to give up on her dreams.