guynamedzero ( guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip ) to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 15 days agoHow do you pronounce daemon?message-squaremessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up169file-text
arrow-up169message-squareHow do you pronounce daemon?guynamedzero ( guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip ) to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square47linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCallMeAl (Not AI) ( CallMeAl@piefed.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 days agoIn case you ever wondered where it came from in computing.
minus-squaretatterdemalion ( tatterdemalion@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 days agoI 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.
minus-squareCallMeAl (Not AI) ( CallMeAl@piefed.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoYes 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”.
In case you ever wondered where it came from in computing.
I thought it was a reference to Maxwell’s demon.
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”.