Responding to Globalnet(Jati Kusuma)'s mail on Sun, 01 Aug 1999:
#>Apa yang dimaksud dengan :
#> DAEMONS
Dari http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon (wajib baca nih mas Globalnet...)
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daemon /day'mn/ or /dee'mn/ n.
[from the mythological meaning, later rationalized as the acronym `Disk And
Execution MONitor'] A program that is not invoked explicitly, but lies dormant
waiting for some condition(s) to occur. The idea is that the perpetrator of the
condition need not be aware that a daemon is lurking (though often a program
will commit an action only because it knows that it will implicitly invoke a
daemon). For example, under ITS writing a file on the LPT spooler's directory
would invoke the spooling daemon, which would then print the file. The
advantage is that programs wanting (in this example) files printed need neither
compete for access to nor understand any idiosyncrasies of the LPT. They simply
enter their implicit requests and let the daemon decide what to do with them.
Daemons are usually spawned automatically by the system, and may either live
forever or be regenerated at intervals.
Daemon and demon are often used interchangeably, but seem to have distinct
connotations. The term `daemon' was introduced to computing by CTSS people (who
pronounced it /dee'mon/) and used it to refer to what ITS called a dragon.
Although the meaning and the pronunciation have drifted, we think this glossary
reflects current (1999) usage.
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Kira-kira bisa dimengerti kan bahasa Inggrisnya?
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