guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to LinuxEnglish · 15 hours agoHow do you pronounce daemon?message-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareHow do you pronounce daemon?guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to LinuxEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square54linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretatterdemalionlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours 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)@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·57 minutes 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”.
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”.