デーモン

デーモン

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) デ​ーモン [déꜜèmòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [de̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• ダエモン (daemon) (less common)

Noun

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

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

Alternative forms

• デモン (demon) (less common)
• ダイモン (daimon)

Noun

デーモン • (dēmon) 

1. a demon

See also

• 悪(あく)魔(ま) (akuma)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Damon.

Proper noun

デーモン • (Dēmon) 

1. A transliteration of the English male given name Damon

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
4. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
5. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), 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”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984