Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. · One of the rotating assemblies of a gas turbine engine, composed of one or more turbine stages, a shaft, and one or more compressor or fan stages. · A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc. · A splinter caught in the skin.
To wind on a spool or spools. · To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
From Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to cleave, split”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Spoule (“spool”), Dutch spoel (“spool”), German Spule (“spool”), Swedish spole (“spool”), Icelandic spóla (“spool; reel”). The aviation usage is based on the visual similarity of one of the spools of a turbine engine to a spool used for thread (especially in cross-section). See also spill.
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