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Verb
/spo͞ol/,
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spools, plural;
  1. Send (data that is intended for printing or processing on a peripheral device) to an intermediate store
    • - users can set which folder they wish to spool files to
Noun
  1. A cylindrical device on which film, magnetic tape, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound; a reel
    • - spools of electrical cable
  2. A cylindrical device attached to a fishing rod and used for winding and unwinding the line as required

  3. Denoting furniture of a style popular in England in the 17th century and North America in the 19th century, typically ornamented with a series of small knobs resembling spools
    • - a narrow spool bed
  1. bobbin: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
  2. transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
  3. wind onto a spool or a reel
  4. A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle; To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time
  5. (Spools) Circus props, hollow metal cylinders used in various circus acts; they are installed one-over-one in several stages to complicate the tricks as balancing is to be maintained constantly in this case.
  6. (Spools) To dream of spools of thread, indicates some long and arduous tasks, but which when completed will meet your most sanguine expectations. If they are empty, there will be disappointments for you.
  7. A flanged roll on which film is wound for general handling or projection.
  8. Continuous length of paper or cardboard wound around a core (a tube serving as the axis of the spool).
  9. Also referred to as a king spool. Often used on American Knit Corporation Hose Knitting machinery for making mechanical rubber products.
  10. To spool is to copy an RSS link into a podcast organizer or loader application to download later.
  11. the part of the fly reel that revolves and which holds the backing and the fly line; may be purchased separately.
  12. short length pipe connecting a subsea pipeline and a riser, or a pipe and a subsea structure.
  13. To send a file (or other data) to a queue. Generally used in conjunction with printers, but might also be used for other things (mail for example). ...
  14. A flanged cylinder, usually of wood, upon which YARN is wound.
  15. A queue of files waiting to be printed.
  16. News servers store their articles locally in one fashion or other. One old-fashioned storage method is to have just one file per article. That's called a "traditional spool".
  17. Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line
  18. A cylinder on which wire, thread, or string is wound.
  19. A cylindrical device used to hold film for use in an older film camera. Typically in 35mm format film, a spool will sit inside a canister designed to make loading and unloading of film as easy as possible. ...
  20. A location on the hard drive where files are temporarily stored during the process of printing. Files are transferred from this temporary location to the printer
  21. A spool is a generic term for any glass insulator that has a hole through the top and bottom, and generally resembles a spool of thread. Depending on the size and design, they were generally used for end of the line ("dead-end spool") or low voltage applications. ...
  22. A one-piece ring gear carrier providing equal rotational drive to both rear axles.
  23. A heel that is broad at the top and bottom but noticeably narrower in the middle, designed for greater stability for the wearer when walking. Also known as the Louis heel, as it was popular in the French Bourbon court.
  24. Process where the computer takes files being sent to output devices, such as an engraver, and puts it in an electronic queue, or waiting area, to be produced in turn. File is transferred from main production into the background, allowing the program to handle working on another file. ...
  25. The holder of thread. There are wooden spools, plastic spools, cardboard tube spools, and cone spools, as well as others.