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daemon| In computing, background process running on a Unix computer system that automatically handles tasks such as routing e-mail. |
| The word derives from medieval spirits deemed to be neutral, that is, neither good (angels) nor evil (devils). |
daemon| To the early Greeks, a god as he appeared in his dealings with humans. In classical times the word came to mean a lesser deity, inferior to the Olympians, but taking a personal interest in individuals. Each human was thought to have a good and evil daemon. |
| The exclusively bad meaning of the word (‘demon’) was given to it by the early Christians, who regarded all the pagan divinities as evil. |
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