Re: origin of "daemons"

From: Jerry Feldman (gaf-noSPAM_at_blu.org)
Date: 12/07/03 

Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 17:49:09 GMT

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:14:15 +0100
Wolfgang Jeltsch <jeltsch@tu-cottbus.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> server processes in Unix and similar systems are normally called
> "daemons". Can someone tell me when and by who this naming was
> invented and what were the reasons for it? Pointers to appropriate web
> pages would also be very welcome.
I believe that I read somewhere that daemon is an acronym for "Display
And Execution MONitor".
Unfortunately, I was not able to locate this or any other definition. 

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