BSD Daemon

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The BSD Daemon, mascot of the Berkley Software Distribution

The BSD Daemon is the mascot of the original Berkeley Software Distribution of Unix.[1][2] The name is derived from a common type of Unix application called a daemon, which is a program that runs in the background with typically no human intervention. The BSD Daemon is a red devil, and commonly carries a triton (also known as a pitchfork) to denote a daemon's forking of processes. The BSD Daemon was originally drawn by John Lasseter, and is copyrighted by Marshall Kirk McKusick. In old English, the word "daemon" means a defied being - that is, one who is half man and half god.

Related Topics

  • Hexley, the mascot of the open source Darwin operating system
  • Tux, the Linux mascot
  • Unix

References

  1. ↑ "History of the BSD Daemon" (Retreived 12-April-2007).
  2. ↑ "The BSD Daemon" (Retreived 12-April-2007).
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