+++ Philip S Tellis [linux-india] <30/05/02 11:11 +0530>:
> yep, the acronym was coined after the term, and while your etymology may 
> be correct, there are several other versions too.

Versions - yeah.  However, that stuff about Maxwell's Daemon is a direct
quote from Fernando Corbato, so sufficiently authentic.

In fact, in the same article, he specifically said that "Disk And
Execution Monitor" was not coined by him / his team ...

        -srs

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