daemon

Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.mən/

The English word “daemon” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

A minor deity or divinity.
A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
An idea depicted as an entity.
A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”).

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