daemon

Computer program that runs persistently as a background process to provide a service

Entitysoftware category software featureQ308980

Also known as Daemon (computer software) · demon · computer daemon · computer demon · background service · service

Instance of: software category
, software feature
Subclass of: computer program
, background process

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In computing, a daemon is a program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user. Customary convention is to name a daemon process with the letter d as a suffix to indicate that it's a daemon. For example, syslogd is a daemon that implements system logging facility, and sshd is a daemon that serves incoming SSH connections.

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Named after: Maxwell's demon
Facet of: operating system

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