デーモン
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English daemon, as coined at MIT in the 1960s.
Alternative forms
- ダエモン (daemon) (less common)
Noun
- (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
- a demon
See also
- 悪魔 (akuma)
Etymology 3
Proper noun
- A transliteration of the English male given name Damon
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ “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