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From Sokrates’ whispering spirit to a Victorian physics prank and into your Java code. Daemon threads have been working quietly in the background for over two millennia.
Why is it called daemon threads?
In Java, daemon threads are background workers that vanish when the main program ends. It’s a concept inherited from Unix. In Unix, daemon processes are detached background tasks that keep the system ticking, much like background services in Windows.
