Demon? Damon? Or something more exotic?
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Demon, because it offends purists, and FreeBSD’s mascot is a demon.
Same as demon. Because my research indicates that this usage was originally a reference to Maxwell’s demon.
It’s just an old spelling of demon. So that.
“Demon”
It was always “demon” (spelled daemon or dæmon), as in a spiritual attendant. Christian mythology has poisoned the word, and anyone who says “daymon” to not offend them is a coward.
See here:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demon
Edit: When I say it was always pronounced “demon”, I mean the nerds who started calling a small background program daemon pronounced it “demon”.
In case you ever wondered where it came from in computing.
I thought it was a reference to Maxwell’s demon.
Daemons in computing, generally processes that run on servers to respond to users, are named for Maxwell’s demon.
ˈdiː.mən
And don’t ever ask random people how to pronounce ‘router’.
So, what is it? Rooter? Or rauter?
It’s somewhat regional. Lots of Americans pronounce the ou as in ouch, but lots of other folks pronounce it as in root (recognizing that route is its root word).
(recognizing that route is its root word)
You could also ask people how they pronounce route and get different answers.
I always thought the 2 pronunciation of route were different but similar things. Raut as in a set road between two large places, not specific place in a city but the city itself. Root as a path between 2 specific points, house to house.
The ‘ae’ in daemon is the same as the æ in encyclopædia.
How do you pronounce encyclopædia?
the same as daemon
Day mon
What do you want, Picard?
Day Man
Fighter of the Night Man
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