Daemon

Daemon

A process that handles periodic service requests or forwards a request to another process for handling. Daemons run continuously, usually in the background, waking only to handle their designated requests. For example, the httpd daemon responds to HTTP requests for web information.

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Industry/Domain: Software; Computer
Category: Operating systems
Company: Apple
Product: Mac OS X
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