Daemon

The term Daemon, dæmon, or demon has several meanings:

For more possible meanings see Demon (disambiguation) and Daimon (alternate spelling)

Daemon (mythology) - See also: Agathodaemon, Cacodemon, Demon
Daemons in astrophysics

In literature: Daemon (novel), a novel by Daniel Suarez
Dæmon (His Dark Materials) in the Philip Pullman trilogy of novels His Dark Materials

In computers and software: Daemon (computer software), a background process
Daemon Tools, a popular disk image emulator
The BSD Daemon is the BSD operating system's mascot.
Mailer-Daemon, email server software responsible for message delivery.

In gaming: Daemon (Dungeons & Dragons) is the original name for creatures now called "Yugoloths" in the game Dungeons & Dragons
Daemon (Warhammer)
ZDaemon, a modern version of the game Doom

In film, music and media: The Dæmons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
Daemon (Digimon) an evil character from Digimon
Daemon is a character in the TV series ReBoot.
Daemon Records, a record label

In military technology: The McDonnell F3H Demon, a Cold-war era carrier based fighter jet used by the US Navy.

Translation

The word "Daemon" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, Dutch.

Translation(s) in other languages: Portuguese: Daemon (desambiguação), Chinese: Daemon (消歧義).