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daemon

a background process (pronounced "demon") that carries out tasks on behalf of every user. Daemons spend most of their time sleeping until something comes along which requires their help. A UNIX system has a lot of daemons.

database concepts

default

a value to which some variable is automatically set, unless an alternative value is provided by the user.

domain

a part of a hierarchical naming scheme.


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