Daemon

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The term Daemon, dæmon, or demon has several meanings:

For more possible meanings see Demon (disambiguation) and Daimon (alternate spelling)

• Daemon (mythology) - See also: Agathodaemon, Cacodemon, Demon
• Daemons in astrophysics

In literature:

• Daemon (novel), a novel by Daniel Suarez
• Dæmon (His Dark Materials) in the Philip Pullman trilogy of novels His Dark Materials

In computers and software:

• Daemon (computer software), a background process
• Daemon Tools, a popular disk image emulator
• The BSD Daemon is the BSD operating system's mascot.
• Mailer-Daemon, email server software responsible for message delivery.

In video games:

• Daemon (Dungeons & Dragons) is the original name for creatures now called "Yugoloths" in the game Dungeons & Dragons
• Daemon (Warhammer)
• ZDaemon, a modern version of the game Doom

In film, music and media:

• The Dæmons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
• Daemon (Digimon) an evil character from Digimon
• Daemon is a character in the TV series ReBoot.
• Daemon Records, a record label

In military technology:

• The McDonnell F3H Demon, a Cold-war era carrier based fighter jet used by the US Navy.

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