Daemon (computer software)
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A computer program that runs by itself, as opposed to being directly controlled by a user or another program. Typically, there are dozens of these daemons started at bootup, and doing everything from running scheduled tasks to monitoring hardware activity, such as connection requests received by a network adapter. Daemon is a fanciful term used most commonly in operating systems derived from Unix. In Windows, daemons are simply called "services".