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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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vi. [from early IBM Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line , but is
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widely thought to be a backronym ] To send files to some device or program
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(a spooler ) that queues them up and does something useful with them later.
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Without qualification, the spooler is the print spooler controlling output
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of jobs to a printer; but the term has been used in connection with other
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peripherals (especially plotters and graphics devices) and occasionally even
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for input devices. See also demon.
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