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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
I know that demon as in the little red guy with a pitchfork used to be spelt (and sometimes still is) as daemon, but I've never come across daemon being spelt as demon.
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Yep... that's what a demon is:
1. an evil spirit; devil or fiend. 2. an evil passion or influence. 3. a person considered extremely wicked, evil, or cruel.
But, also from the Wikipedia entry on daemon:
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Pronunciation
The word daemon is an alternate spelling of demon, and taken out of its computer science context, it is pronounced /ˈdiːmən/ DEE-mən.[3][4][5] Perhaps due to the relative obscurity of this spelling elsewhere, the computer term daemon is commonly pronounced /ˈdeɪmən/ DAY-mən.
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Either way I think we both know what is being referred to here. And thank you for your answer.
BOb