Parallax's definitions

B.O.B.

B.O.B. is an acronym for Back Of Book. In the days when Maths books would have the answers to the questions in the Back Of the Book.

I better consult BOB for the answers to the Dragon Lady's homework.

by parallax December 15, 2004

daemon

A unix program that runs in the background of the system. Often signified with the -d suffix on the end of a program name.

mysqld
named
httpd

by Parallax July 3, 2003