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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
daemon book
 n.

    The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System, by
    Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S.
    Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1); or The
    Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System by Marshall Kirk
    McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels and John S. Quarterman
    (Addison-Wesley Longman, 1996, ISBN 0-201-54979-4) Either of the standard
    reference books on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the
    covers have a picture depicting a little demon (a visual play on daemon)
    in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic
    features of Unix, the fork(2) system call).


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