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A '''daemon''' is a computer program that performs its function "in the background" during the normal operation of a computer system, for example providing security services, performing maintenance operations, communication with peripherals or other subsystems, or more.
A '''daemon''' is a computer program that performs its function "in the background" during the normal operation of a computer system, for example providing security services, performing maintenance operations, communication with peripherals or other subsystems, or more.


The [[Terminal]]s located on [[Installation 00]] stated that daemons tried to prevent [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] from communicating with [[John-117]]. He may have used the phrase to refer to other [[Forerunner]] artificial intelligences on Installation 00,<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal#Terminal Five|Terminal 5]]''</ref> or more likely uncontrollable background processes.
During the [[Battle of Installation 00]], the daemons in [[Installation 00|the Ark]]'s computer systems were alerted to the presence of the formerly imprisoned AI [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]], which had reconstituted itself using the lost fragment aboard the [[Covenant]]'s [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]. The daemons attempted to confine Mendicant and prevent it from communicating with [[John-117]] via the [[Z-9930 Information Vector Console|terminals]], although they were not wholly successful.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal 5]]''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==