- Daemon: In Unix-like operating systems, a daemon is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user. Examples include web server daemons, database daemons, and system logging daemons. - Maxwell's Demon: A thought experiment conceived by physicist James Clerk Maxwell to illustrate his ideas about thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
Consider the following statements : (i) In computer parlance, daemon is a malicious virus of enormous damaging capabilities. (ii) In computer parlance, daemon is an invisible storage device. (iii) In computer parlance, daemon is a process in an operating system that runs in the background. (iv) The use of the word daemon in computer parlance was inspired by Maxwell's demon of physics and thermodynamics. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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