daemon definition

  • noun:
    • Chiefly British Variant of demon.
    • Variant of daimon.
    • Computer Science an application or procedure that sits idly when you look at the back ground until it is invoked to do its task.
    • A demon.
    • an inferior deity between guys and gods.
    • an individual's inner spirit or daimon.
    • an ongoing process (a running program) that will not have a controlling terminal.
    • an evil supernatural being
    • an individual who is a component mortal and component god
    • Chiefly British Variant of demon.
    • Variant of daimon.
    • Computer technology A program or procedure that sits idly in the history until it is invoked to perform its task.
    • A demon.
    • a smaller deity between males and gods.
    • your inner spirit or daimon.
    • an ongoing process (a running system) that does not have a controlling terminal.
    • an evil supernatural being
    • somebody who is part mortal and part god

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  • others:
    • identify demon, demonic.
    • etc. See demon, etc.
    • See demon, demonic.
    • an such like. See demon, etc.

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