Meaning of SPOOL
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- [n] a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- [v] wind onto a spool or a reel
- [v] (computer science) transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
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| | See Also: | | cheese, filature, roll, shuttle, transfer, twine, wind, winder, wrap | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Spool\, n. [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G.
spule, OHG. spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.]
A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow
cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind
thread or yarn upon.
{Spool stand}, an article holding spools of thread, turning
on pins, -- used by women at their work.
\Spool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spooled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spooling}.]
To wind on a spool or spools.
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Acronym for Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line; but see also spool. [Jargon File] An object-oriented logic programming language. ["An Experience with a Prolog Based Language", K. Fukunaga et al, SIGPLAN Notices 21(11):224-231 (Nov 1986) (OOPSLA '86)]. [Jargon File] To send files to some device or program (a "spooler" or demon) that puts them in a queue for later processing of some kind. Without qualification, the spooler is the "print spooler" controlling output of jobs to a printer; but the term has been used in connection with other peripherals (especially plotters and graphics devices) and occasionally even for input devices. The term "SPOOL" has been attributed to IBM as an acronym for Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line but it's widely thought to have been contrived for effect. [Jargon File]
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