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# Daemons
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A programme that runs in the background, performing a system function. A daemon
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typically starts at boot or login without having to be specifically launched and
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keeps running permanently or until manually stopped.
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The custom is for the process name of daemons to end in the letter `d`.
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> In the original Greek _daemon_ is translated as 'helper', it doesn't have the
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> medieval connotation of a dark spirit but was used to denote the actions of a
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> god rather than the god itself. A person could have a personal _daemon_ which
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> determines their fate.
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