Associations to the word «Daemon»

Wiktionary

DAEMON, noun. (uncommon) Alternative form of demon
DAEMON, noun. (computing) (Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

Dictionary definition

DAEMON, noun. An evil supernatural being.
DAEMON, noun. A person who is part mortal and part god.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne