daemon
Meaning of daemon
- (in ancient Greek belief) a divinity or supernatural being of a nature between gods and humans.
- archaic spelling of demon1.
mid 16th century: common spelling of demon1 until the 19th century.
noun
a background process that handles requests for services such as print spooling and file transfers, and is dormant when not required.
1970s: perhaps from d(isk) a(nd) e(xecution) mon(itor) or from de(vice) mon(itor), or a transferred use of demon1.
Information about daemon
- It is a name.
- The plural form of daemon is: daemons.
- Languages in which daemon is used:
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Hyphenation of daemon
dae-mon
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- daemon is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
daemon synonyms
Meaning devil:
Meaning demigod:
Anagrams of daemon
Demona, Menado, moaned, Modena, modena, nomade
Words that rhyme with daemon
Lacedaemon, Monzaemon, Palaemon, palaemon, pernaemon, Demon, agathodemon, archdemon, cacodemon, calodemon, demon, eudemon, Freemon, hegemon, Hemon, Kakiemon, kakiemon, Aclemon, Clemon, Filemon, Lemon, Philemon, lemon, philemon, Mnemon, hieromnemon, mnemon, Noemon, Polypemon, Semon, episemon, Callistemon, Euctemon, Odostemon, Pentstemon, Petalostemon, Platystemon, Podostemon, Pterostemon, artemon, parastemon, penstemon, pentstemon, platystemon, pogostemon, solenostemon, stylostemon