デーモン

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English daemon, as coined at MIT in the 1960s.

Alternative forms

Noun

デーモン (rōmaji dēmon)

  1. (computing) a daemon (a background process running on a computer; often specific to such processes running on Unix or Unix-like operating systems)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English demon,[1][3][4][5] German Dämon.[5][6]

Alternative forms

Noun

デーモン (rōmaji dēmon)

  1. a demon

See also

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Damon.

Proper noun

デーモン (rōmaji Dēmon)

  1. Damon (English given name)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  4. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. “デーモン”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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