RE: pronunciation of daemon
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For reference...
The New Oxford Dictionary of English says...
daemon (2) /di'm@n/ (also demon)
noun {Computing} a background process that handles requests for
services such as print spooling and file transfers, and is dormant
when noot required.
Origin: 1980s: perhaps from d(isk) a(nd) e(xecution) mon(itor) or
from de(vice) mon(itor), or merely a transferred use of demon.
N.B. I am using alt.english.usage ASCII equivalents to IPA
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Evan_Kirshenbaum/IPA/faq.html>. This
definition tells us that daemon is pronounced how most people
pronounce demon.
Simon.
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