guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agoHow do you pronounce daemon?message-squaremessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up189file-text
arrow-up189message-squareHow do you pronounce daemon?guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square66fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCallMeAl (Not AI)@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoIn case you ever wondered where it came from in computing.
minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 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)@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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”.