Question

What is Spooling in context of OS?

Answer 1

Spooling (Simultaneous peripheral output online) is a process in which data is temporarily held to be used and executed by a temporary buffer on the system. Data is sent to and stored in the memory or other volatile memory until the program or computer requests it for execution.

Answer 2

In this system, it is a process in which data is temporarily held to be used and executed by a device, program or the system. Spool is technically an acronym.