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