inetd

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inetd - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  inetd
  
     <networking, tool> Berkeley daemon program that listens for
     connection requests or messages for certain ports and starts
     server programs to perform the services associated with those
     ports.  Sometimes known as netd.
  
     Unix manual page: inetd(8).
  
     (1995-03-20)