デーモン

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Japanese[edit]

 デーモン on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English daemon, as coined at MIT in the 1960s.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

デーモン (dēmon

  1. (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[edit]

Borrowed from English demon,[1][3][4][5] German Dämon.[5][6]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

デーモン (dēmon

  1. a demon

See also[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from English Damon.

Proper noun[edit]

デーモン (Dēmon

  1. A transliteration of the English male given name Damon

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. ^ デーモン”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984