Definition of "spooler" []

• A computer program that sequences print jobs by temporarily storing them in a buffer and sending each to the printer when the printer is able to process it. Also called print spooler. (noun)

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• "These bobbins are transferred to a machine called a spooler where the yarn is re-wound on a spool preparatory to making the warp."
• "One day when a "spooler" was ill, Susan and her sister Hannah eagerly volunteered to take her place."
• "I told him I had been a "spooler" and did not like it -- "wanted to spin.""