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Spool
01
a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
to spool
01
to wind material onto a cylindrical device for storage or use
Transitive: to spool a flexible material
Examples
She spooled the thread onto the bobbin for sewing.
02
to send data to a temporary storage location, often a buffer or queue, before it is processed or printed
Transitive: to spool data
Examples
The print jobs are spooled to the printer's buffer, allowing multiple documents to be processed in sequence.
