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2024
archdevil
archdevil
English
Noun
archdevil
(
plural
archdevils
)
(
religion
)
A
chief
or
reigning
devil.
(
computing
,
Unix
)
A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked
explicitly
but lies
dormant
waiting for some
event
.
See also
archdemon
archfiend
(
computing
)
:
daemon
Translations
archdemon
—
see
archdemon
Etymology
arch-
+
devil
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