Is daemon pronounced "day-men" or "d - men"

@KnightsOfCode my professor keeps saying "d-mon" and I wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy

@KnightsOfCode yeah day Mon is correct way i guess.

Same as "demon" I think. It's like encyclopaedia vs encyclopedia.

dey-mon. as far as i know

I think like "diman'

I usually use both

According to Fernando J. Corbato who worked on Project MAC in 1963, his team was the first to use the term daemon, inspired by Maxwell's demon, an imaginary agent in physics and thermodynamics that helped to sort molecules:[9]

We fancifully began to use the word daemon to describe background processes which worked tirelessly to perform system chores.

In the general sense, daemon is an older form of the word demon, from the Greek δαίμων.

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@Charmgoggles In the Unix System Administration Handbook, page 403, Evi Nemeth states the following about daemons:[10]

Many people equate the word "daemon" with the word "demon", implying some kind of satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. "Daemon" is actually a much older form of "demon"; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a "personal daemon" was similar to the modern concept of a "guardian angel"—eudaemonia is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons.

@Charmgoggles Well, daemon is the old word for demon, no?

As for Greek, it's written 'δαίμων', pronounced "demon" with a soft delta and a long 'e' (as in 'person' with a long 'e').

So, if you steal the word from Greek (oh, burn!) I think daemon is a more straightforward solution. Letter for letter actually. Demon is just a simplified daemon. Same pronounciation. Correct me if I'm wrong.

As for what it means, it's a being that has superhuman powers, a transcended being that can give and take from normal human beings. If you have their support, you have eudaemonia (it's what the hipsters call happiness nowadays) and if you don't, dysdaemonia (something like...despair?).

No biased deity. Don't start me with what the church did with ancient greek mythology and the pretty lame biased creatures they turned out to be in their turn of events.

I say dea-mun...

I'm seriously more confused now guys. How did this happen?

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