The difference between Background process and Daemon

When used as nouns, background process means a process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal, whereas daemon means ..


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  1. Background process as a noun (computing, Unix):

    A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.

  1. Daemon as a noun (uncommon):

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  1. Daemon as a noun (computing, Unix):

    A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

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