"spooler" meaning in All languages combined

See spooler on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: spoolers [plural]
Etymology: From spool + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spool|er}} spool + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} spooler (plural spoolers)
  1. (textiles) A device for winding thread onto a spool. Categories (topical): Textiles
    Sense id: en-spooler-en-noun-~9OUWpH3 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
  2. (computing) A program or process that spools (places data in a queue to be accessed later) Categories (topical): Computing Translations (a computer programme that queues data): taustatulostin (english: print spooler) (Finnish), jonotusohjelma (Finnish), gestore code stampa [masculine] (Italian), pūpōkai (Maori)
    Sense id: en-spooler-en-noun-2rTagVRg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 31 69 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'a computer programme that queues data': 26 74

Inflected forms

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