ˈspooler
Also 6 spullar, 7 -er.
[Cf. prec.]
One engaged in winding thread on spools.
| 1554 Act 1 Mary iii. c. 7 §1 Spinners, Carders, and Spullars of Yarne. [1678 Phillips, Spullers, of Yarn, those that try if it be well spun and fit for the Loom.] 1764 Burn Poor Laws 156 The weavers supply the office of spooler and warper. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVII. 341/2 Every lock of wool..becomes the means of support to..spinners, spoolers, warpers. 1877 Ibid. (ed. 9) VI. 502/1 It is given..to the hank-winder, who winds it on a large bobbin, and that in its turn is handed to the spooler. 1893 Congregationalist Sept. 14 A spooler from the thread mill and a ‘hand’ from the laundry. |
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▸ Computing. A piece of software or hardware that spools data (cf. spool v. Additions).
| 1979 Interface Age 4 137/2 The KLH spooler program, unlike the usual CP/M programs, actually alters the CP/M BIOS routines and expects the disk format to be the standard 8-inch, 77-track version. 1982 InfoWorld 29 Nov. 75/1 If you have a printer, you should have a printer spooler. Essentially, a spooler lets you use your computer while you are using your printer. 1989 PC World Oct. 239/2 To prevent a printing traffic jam, the spooler stacks the print jobs in one or more queues and sends the files to one or more printers. 2000 D. S. Kaufer & B. S. Butler Designing Interactive Worlds with Words iii. 112 The Sports Editor stands up, and shuffles over to the print spooler to see how long the wait will be for his last page. |