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Daemon (computing)

Known as: Faceless process, Daemon (computer software), Dæmon (computer software) 
In multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon (/ˈdiːmən/ or /ˈdeɪmən/) is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Control Plane for Advance Bandwidth Scheduling in Ultra High-Speed Networks
A control-plane architecture for supporting advance reservation of dedicated bandwidth channels on a switched network… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Automatic extraction of accurate application-specific sandboxing policy
One of the most dangerous cybersecurity threats is control hijacking attacks, which hijack the control of a victim application… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Book Review: "Concurrency Verification: Introduction to Compositional and Non-compositional Methods" by Willem-Paul de Roever, Frank de Boer, Ulrich Hanneman, Jozef Hooman, Yassine Lakhnech, Mannes…
As it says in chapter 10, in the 1970s there was a ‘. . . golden age of programming when program construction was regarded as an… 
2003
2003
Ambient computing applications: an experience with the SPREAD approach
Today, we assist to the explosive development of mobile computing devices like PDAs and cellphones, the integration of embedded… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
OVERVIEW OF THE WOS PROJECT
We discuss the Web Operating System (WOS ) approach to global computing. We show that the heterogeneous and dynamic nature of the… 
1998
1998
Unix Kernel Modifications for Precision Time Synchronization
This report is a substantial revision of RFC-1589, “A Kernel Model for Precision Timekeeping,” March, 1994. It includes several… 
1994
1994
Reference Architecture for Distributed Systems Management
Management of computing systems is needed to ensure efficient use of resources and provide reliable and timely service to users… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Transport and Display Mechanisms for Multimedia Conferencing Across Packet-Switched Networks
1992
1992
Names should mean what, not where
Naming is a fundamental issue in distributed systems that is growing in importance as the number of directly accessible systems… 
1990
1990
Transparent process migration in the Sprite operating system
The Sprite operating system allows executing processes to be moved between hosts at any time. We use this process migration… 
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