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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>spool</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="spoof.html" title="spoof"/><link rel="next" href="spool-file.html" title="spool file"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">spool</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spoof.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spool-file.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="spool"/><dt xmlns="" id="spool"><b>spool</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from early IBM ‘Simultaneous Peripheral Operation
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On-Line’, but is widely thought to be a
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<a href="../B/backronym.html"><i class="glossterm">backronym</i></a>] To send files to some device or program
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(a <span class="firstterm">spooler</span>) that queues them up and
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does something useful with them later. Without qualification, the spooler
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is the <span class="firstterm">print spooler</span> controlling
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output of jobs to a printer; but the term has been used in connection with
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other peripherals (especially plotters and graphics devices) and
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occasionally even for input devices. See also
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<a href="../D/demon.html"><i class="glossterm">demon</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spoof.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spool-file.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">spoof </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> spool file</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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