daemons
Meaning of daemons
- (in ancient Greek belief) a divinity or supernatural being of a nature between gods and humans.
- archaic spelling of demon1.
mid 16th century: common spelling of demon1 until the 19th century.
plural noun
a background process that handles requests for services such as print spooling and file transfers, and is dormant when not required.
1970s: perhaps from d(isk) a(nd) e(xecution) mon(itor) or from de(vice) mon(itor), or a transferred use of demon1.
Information about daemons
- It is a name.
- The singular form of daemons is: daemon.
- Languages in which daemons is used:
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Hyphenation of daemons
dae-mons
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- daemons is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of daemons
Desmona, masoned, modenas, monades, nomades
Words that rhyme with daemons
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