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daemon

computer program that runs persistently as a background process to provide a service
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daemon

Summary

daemon is a software category[1]. daemon ranks in the top 3% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (918 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • daemon's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • daemon's instance of is recorded as software feature[4].
  • Maxwell's demon is named after daemon[5].
  • daemon's subclass of is recorded as computer program[6].
  • daemon's subclass of is recorded as background process[7].
  • daemon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02c02p[8].
  • daemon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Daemons[9].
  • daemon's facet of is recorded as operating system[10].
  • daemon's Debian stable package is recorded as daemon[11].
  • daemon's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777253204[12].
  • daemon's KBpedia ID is recorded as ServiceProgram[13].
  • daemon's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2777253204[14].
  • daemon's ArchWiki article is recorded as Daemons_(Español)[15].
  • daemon's ArchWiki article is recorded as Daemons_(Português)[16].
  • daemon's ArchWiki article is recorded as Daemons_(Русский)[17].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for daemon include NCSA HTTPd[18], a web server[19].

Why It Matters

daemon ranks in the top 3% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (918 views/month).[2] daemon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] daemon is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for daemon include NCSA HTTPd[18], a web server[19].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). daemon. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/daemon-q308980
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