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From ancient Greece to servers: the origin of daemon

Posted on 23 August 2026 by Dougie

I always wondered where “daemon” came from. Turns out the story goes back to 1963, and starts with a Victorian physicist. Project MAC (1963) The term comes from Fernando J….

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