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"word": "δαίμονας"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "computing: process with no controlling terminal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "daeman"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dēmon",
"sense": "computing: process with no controlling terminal",
"word": "デーモン"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "démon",
"sense": "computing: process with no controlling terminal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "де́мон"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "computing: process with no controlling terminal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demonio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "computing: process with no controlling terminal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "demon"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "computing: process with no controlling terminal",
"word": "artalan süreci"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "démon",
"sense": "computing: process with no controlling terminal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "де́мон"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daemon (computing)",
"Maxwell's demon"
],
"word": "daemon"
}
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