meaning of spool

1. 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.
2. To wind on a spool or spools.
3. SPOOL system> Acronym for Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line; but see also spool. [Jargon File]
4. Spool An object-oriented logic programming language. ["An Experience with a Prolog Based Language", K. Fukunaga et al, SIGPLAN Notices 2111:224-231 Nov 1986 OOPSLA 86]. [Jargon File]
5. spool system> 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 its widely thought to have been contrived for effect. [No connection with "spool of magnetic tape"?] [Jargon File]
6. a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

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