Spool (Verb)
Meaning 1
Transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The computer will spool the document to a temporary file before it is sent to the printer for printing.
- The print spooler is responsible for managing the jobs sent to the printer and deciding the order in which they are printed.
- The printer requires that you spool the data in ASCII format for it to be properly interpreted.
- To save on network bandwidth, the network administrator decided that the server should spool the files before sending them to the printers.
- When the printer is busy, the operating system will spool the print jobs temporarily until they can be printed.
Meaning 2
Wind onto a spool or a reel.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The yarn started to unravel, so she spooled it back onto the wooden reel.
- She expertly spooled the fishing line back onto the spinning reel.
- Cord for the vacuum cleaner was stored neatly, spooled around the machine's side compartment.
- To get the garden hose untangled, first spool it back up onto the reel, then slowly unwind it.
- Thread from the sewing machine snapped so the woman set to work, carefully spooling the new thread onto the vacant bobbin.