Usually means: Background process running on computer.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word daemon:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. daemon: Merriam-Webster
  2. daemon, daemon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. daemon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. daemon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. daemon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Daemon, daemon: Wordnik
  7. daemon: Wiktionary
  8. daemon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. daemon (daimon): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. daemon: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Daemon, daemon: Dictionary.com
  12. Daemon (Digimon), Daemon (His Dark Materials), Daemon (Mayhem album), Daemon (Unix), Daemon (band), Daemon (book series), Daemon (classical mythology), Daemon (computer software), Daemon (computing), Daemon (disambiguation), Daemon (film), Daemon (mythology), Daemon (novel), Daemon (novel series), Daemon (technothriller series), Daemon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Daemon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. daemon: Rhymezone
  15. Daemon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. daemon: FreeDictionary.org
  17. daemon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. daemon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. daemon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. -daemon: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. daemon: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. daemon: Netlingo
  3. Daemon, daemon: CCI Computer
  4. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  5. daemon: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  6. Daemon: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  7. Daemon: Linktionary Networking Glossary
  8. Webopedia (No longer online)
  9. daemon: Hacking Lexicon
  10. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  11. daemon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DAEMON: Acronym Finder
  2. Daemon (Daimon): Glossary of Terms in Parapsychology

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Daemon: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. daemon: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. daemon: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

(Note: See daemons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (mythology) A minor deity or divinity.
noun:  A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
noun:  An idea depicted as an entity.
noun:  (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
noun:  (uncommon) Alternative form of demon. [An evil supernatural spirit.]

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