Talk:Spooling

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[edit] jobs

"In computer science, spooling refers to putting jobs in a buffer..."
This use of the word jobs is common computer slang, but perhaps not right for a WP article, esp in the opening sentence. What it means here is "intermediate workflow files", but that is kind of awkward... 69.87.193.176 13:19, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Difference between spooling and queuing?

What's the semantic difference between these two? Is there one, or are they interchangeable? Mratzloff 18:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spooling and FIFOs

It seems like spooling is a lot like stuffing data into a FIFO where each side can can read/write whenever ready. Of course, if the FIFO gets full, data on the write side must wait or be lost. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 157.234.254.24 (talk) 14:35, August 21, 2007 (UTC)