Computer Science - Operating Systems Concepts - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Operating Systems Concepts - Section 2 (Q.No. 5)
5.
The process of transferring data intended for a peripheral device into a disk (or intermediate store) so that it can be transferred to peripheral at a more convenient time or in bulk, is known as
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SIPRA said:
1 decade ago
Spooling means "simultaneous peripheral operation online". For example simultaneous means if two or more users issue the print command & the printer can accept the request even printing some other jobs. The printer printing one job at the same time the spool disk can load same other jobs.
Shekhar said:
1 decade ago
Spool is a temporary working area, in which one process placed data which can be used by other process.
For eg Without spooling, a word processor would be unable to continue until printing finished.
For eg Without spooling, a word processor would be unable to continue until printing finished.
Purna rai said:
1 decade ago
So it is a characteristic of operating system or application?
Mahesh said:
9 years ago
It's a temporary working area so that transferred to peripheral at a more convenient time or in bulk.
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