daemon
noun
- Gr. Myth. any of the secondary divinities ranking between the gods and men
- a guardian spirit; inspiring or inner spirit
- demon (sense )
See daemon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dēˈmən)
noun- Chiefly British Variant of demon.
- Variant of daimon.
- Computer Science A program or process that sits idly in the background until it is invoked to perform its task.
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