different between daemon vs broker

English

Etymology 1

A borrowing of Latin daemon (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (daím?n, “dispenser, tutelary deity”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?di?.m?n/
• Rhymes: -i?m?n
• Hyphenation: dae?mon

Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of demon.

Derived terms

• daemonic

Related terms

• cacodaemon
• cacodaemonic
• cacodaemoniacal
• cacodemon
• cacodemonic
• daimon

Etymology 2

From Maxwell's demon; a derivation from “disk and execution monitor” is generally considered a backronym.

Alternative forms

• dæmon, daimon, demon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?m?n/, /?de?m?n/
• Rhymes: -i?m?n, -e?m?n
• Hyphenation: dae?mon

Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

1. (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

Usage notes

• (Unix): Often a daemon will be a server.

Translations

See also

• background process

Anagrams

• Modane, Modena, moaned, modena, nomade

Japanese

Romanization

daemon

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Latin

Alternative forms

• demon (Medieval)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (daím?n, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?dae?.mo?n/, [?d?äe?mo?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?de.mon/, [?d???m?n]

Noun

daem?n m (genitive daemonis); third declension

1. a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household
2. (astrology) the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac
3. (ecclesiastical) a demon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• daemonicus

Related terms

• daemonium
• cacodemon
• calodemon

Descendants

• Italian: demone
• Albanian: djemën
• Aromanian: demun
• English: daemon, demon
• Galician: demo
• German: Dämon
• Irish: deamhan
• Portuguese: demo
• Translingual: Felis daemon

References

• daemon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• daemon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• daemon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• daemon in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• daemon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b???k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?o?k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)

Etymology 1

From broke +? -er.

Adjective

broker

1. comparative form of broke: more broke

Etymology 2

From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour (“small trader”) (compare also abroker (“to act as a broker”)), from Old Dutch *brokere (“one who determines the usages of trade, manager”), from broke, bruyck, breuck (“use, usage, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *br?k? (“use, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *br?kiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ruHg- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook +? -er.

Noun

broker (plural brokers)

1. A mediator between a buyer and seller.
2. A stockbroker.
3. A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.
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     The peace plan was representative of Benedict's inability to appear as a neutral broker of peace

4. (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• brokage
• brokerage

Translations

Verb

broker (third-person singular simple present brokers, present participle brokering, simple past and past participle brokered)

1. (intransitive) To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.
2. (transitive) To act as a broker in; to arrange or negotiate.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English broker.

Noun

broker m (invariable)

1. broker (commercial mediator)

Derived terms

• brokeraggio

Polish

Etymology

From English broker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?.k?r/

Noun

broker m pers

1. (finance) stockbroker

   Synonym: makler

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) brokerski

Further reading

• broker in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• broker in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

broker m (plural brokers)

1. Alternative spelling of bróker