Blued
Encyclopedia
blued is the Bluetooth
daemon
in Mac OS X
. It is started by the system and is not interacted with directly by the user. The daemon handles service discovery
, link key management and incoming connection acceptance.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
daemon
Daemon (computing)
In Unix and other multitasking computer 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...
in Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. It is started by the system and is not interacted with directly by the user. The daemon handles service discovery
Service discovery
Service discovery protocols are network protocols which allow automatic detection of devices and services offered by these devices on a computer network....
, link key management and incoming connection acceptance.