dragon n.
[MIT] A program similar to a daemon, except
that it is not invoked at all, but is instead used by the system to
perform various secondary tasks. A typical example would be an
accounting program, which keeps track of who is logged in,
accumulates load-average statistics, etc. Under ITS, many
terminals displayed a list of people logged in, where they were,
what they were running, etc., along with some random picture (such
as a unicorn, Snoopy, or the Enterprise), which was generated by
the `name dragon'. Usage: rare outside MIT -- under Unix and most
other OSes this would be called a `background demon' or
daemon. The best-known Unix example of a dragon is
cron(1). At SAIL, they called this sort of thing a
`phantom'.
[MIT] A program similar to a daemon, except
that it is not invoked at all, but is instead used by the system to
perform various secondary tasks. A typical example would be an
accounting program, which keeps track of who is logged in,
accumulates load-average statistics, etc. Under ITS, many
terminals displayed a list of people logged in, where they were,
what they were running, etc., along with some random picture (such
as a unicorn, Snoopy, or the Enterprise), which was generated by
the `name dragon'. Usage: rare outside MIT -- under Unix and most
other OSes this would be called a `background demon' or
daemon. The best-known Unix example of a dragon is
cron(1). At SAIL, they called this sort of thing a
`phantom'.
Related:
- dragon: n. [MIT] A program similar to a {daemon}, except that
it is not invoked at all,
but is instead used by the system to perform various... - daemon /day'mn/ or /dee'mn/ n.
[from the mythological
meaning,
later rationalized as the acronym `Disk And Execution... - daemon: /day'mn/ or /dee'mn/ [from the mythological meaning,
later rationalized as the acronym `Disk And Execution... - demon n.
1. [MIT] A portion of a program that is not
invoked explicitly,
but that lies dormant waiting for some condition(s)... - demon: n. 1. [MIT] A portion of a program that is not invoked
explicitly,
but that lies dormant waiting for some condition(s)... - luser /loo'zr/ n.
[common] A user; esp. one
who is also a loser.
(luser and loser ar pronounced identically.) This... - luser: /loo'zr/ n. A {user}; esp. one who is also a
{loser}.
({luser} and {loser} are pronounced identically... - TECO /tee'koh/ n.,v. obs.
1. [originally an acronym for
`[paper] Tape Editor and COrrector';
later, `Text Editor and COrrector'] n. A text editor... - monty /mon'tee/ n.
1. [US Geological Survey] A
program with a ludicrously complex user interface written to
perform extremely trivial tasks.
An example would be a menu-driven, button clicking...
