|
Googling for "SPOOLED acronym" returns a link to http://fusion.gat.com/docview/tips-1.html : Did you know that the word spool, as in "your files have been spooled for printing later today," is an acronym? IBM invented the term many years ago to stand for System Print Operation Off-Line - which is actually a pretty good description of what print spooling is. Of course, they were probably being clever when they chose this acronym, hoping you would visualize "spooling" as the computer rolling up the files on a large "spool" to be fed to the printer later in a controlled, off-line manner. Booth Martin wrote: > Simon, you'd know. I thought SPOOLED was an acronym?
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2025 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.
midrange.com
