"spooler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spoolers [plural]
Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 36 64 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'a computer programme that queues data': 22 78

Inflected forms

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