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spool /vi./ [from early IBM `Simultaneous Peripheral
Operation On-Line', but this acronym is widely thought to have been
contrived for effect] To send files to some device or program (a
`spooler') that queues them up and does something useful with
them later. 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. See
also demon.
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