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Image of modestmouse modestmouse 07:23 PM


Word Of The Day is a new daily feature for whitenoise by modestmouse, highlighting tech-related terms you may or may not have heard of before.

Todays word: Spooling |spoōl-eeng|

Definition: Spooling is the process of a sending data to a spool, or temporary storage area in the computer's memory. This data may contain files or processes. Like a spool of thread, the data can build up within the spool as multiple files or jobs are sent to it. However, unlike a spool of thread, the first jobs sent to the spool are the first ones to be processed.

The most common type of spooling is print spooling, where print jobs are sent to a print spool before being transmitted to the printer. For example, when you print a document from within an application, the document data is spooled to a temporary storage area while the printer warms up. As soon as the printer is ready to print the document, the data is sent from the spool to the printer and the document is printed.

Print spooling gets its name from technology used in the 1960s, when print jobs were stored on large reels of magnetic tape. The data from these reels was physically spooled to electrostatic printers, which printed the output saved to the tape.

Example: My essay began spooling to the printer, allowing me to close the application before the document was printed.

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If you have any questions, comments, or critiques, feel free to leave them below in the comments.

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#memoryforever

This Is the Cloud: Inside Microsoft's Secret Stealth Data Centers

"The cloud" isn't some nebulous thing existing just beyond your computer's consciousness. As Microsoft showed us, it's stacks of hard drives packed into shipping containers, parked in secret data centers all around the world. Physically real, but still beautiful. More »
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#remainders Click here to read Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: What's Next Edition

Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: What's Next Edition

In today's Remainders: the next step. Fort John Grisham, it's e-books. For the television-viewing public, it's viewing television while surfing the web. For Google, it's controlling the internet. And for NVIDIA, it's releasing GeForce drivers that don't melt your rig. More »
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By Kyle VanHemert
Image of Complexified Complexified 07:04 PM


Just to let you guys know: I've sat on boards.

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Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment 07:06 PM


@Complexified: moar.

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Image of Decad3nce Decad3nce 07:11 PM


@Complexified: Far out man, I have too.

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@OCEntertainment:

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@Decad3nce:

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@Complexified:

Yay Corporate America! Oh wait. You meant those types of boards?

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Image of Prostate of Grace Prostate of Grace 07:18 PM


@Complexified: I've been doing this a long time. You must be noobs.

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Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards 07:22 PM


@Complexified: As have I.

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Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards 07:23 PM

@Complexified: @Decad3nce: I'm kind of creeped out that you both posted the same image at the same time.

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Image of Complexified Complexified 07:24 PM

@Nathan Obbards: I tried to edit but it wouldn't let me update.

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Image of Complexified Complexified 07:25 PM

@Nathan Obbards: My dog has sat on boards as well.

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DIY Steve Jobs Cheese Head Gets Real Creepy

Hellooooo, weirdtown! Not only did someone go through the trouble of carving a giant Steve Jobs head out of mozzarella cheese, they've also given detailed instructions on how to make your very own. In three varieties, no less! More »
07:00 PM
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By Brian Barrett
Image of mat mat 06:59 PM

Thinking of ending all of my comments with "asshat", like a signature (miss u iheartpie)

asshat

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Image of nvleafs nvleafs 06:42 PM

Was about to do homework...

Then remembered that Perfect Dark is out on XBLA today.

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Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards 07:02 PM

@nvleafs: I'm gonna say it for all of us that have work we have to do. Fuck you.

P.S. I love you.

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Image of r.b.3 r.b.3 07:08 PM

@Nathan Obbards: so when you get home go download the golden eye mod for half-life 2. it'll make the sting hurt less.

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Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards 07:14 PM

@r.b.3: My 360 is three ringed right now and I have no internet at home. Maybe I'll just watch Futurama.

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Image of r.b.3 r.b.3 07:33 PM

@Nathan Obbards: or be like the medling afghanis and build giant wireless antennas and steal your way to internet at home!

[gizmodo.com]

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Image of SinaHamedian SinaHamedian 06:33 PM

And what the heck happened to my profile picture of cake?

Guess the cake WAS a lie...

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@SinaHamedian: I see it.

It's black and white.

Is that the problem?

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#iphonegames Click here to read Fox vs. Duck iPhone Game Makes You Protect the Most Delicious of Birds

Fox vs. Duck iPhone Game Makes You Protect the Most Delicious of Birds

In Fox vs. Duck, you are the duck, and you need to survive constant attacks by fox and fish alike. Like the best iPhone games, it's simple but addictive. More »
06:20 PM
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By Adam Frucci
Image of njdevil njdevil 06:08 PM

I heart iheartpie.
[gizmodo.com]

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Image of Decad3nce Decad3nce 06:20 PM

@njdevil: I heart iheartpie too; so I hearted iheartpie, because I heart iheartpie.

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Image of Prostate of Grace Prostate of Grace 06:23 PM


@njdevil:

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Image of Golf_Nut Golf_Nut 06:34 PM

@njdevil: Jesus apparently doesn't share your affection for heartpie

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Image of mat mat 06:56 PM

@njdevil: You teh man iheartpie - if you're reading this, we're awaiting your return...like Jesus (the peacenik one).

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@Golf_Nut: Well, Jesus loves no one unless they're a sycophant or they agree with everything he has to say.

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Image of geekymitch geekymitch 06:05 PM

You guys should totally do an in depth story on telepresence by cisco. My company has just started using the tech and it is both cool and disconcerting (the fact that for 50 grand they were able to put together a portable one to show off at one of our national meetings was equally so). The thing absolutely DEVOURS bandwidth, but that aside is a really nifty alternative to standard conference calling...

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#editorial Click here to read Does WiMax Matter in a Phone?

Does WiMax Matter in a Phone?

We already know 4G data is going to be good in getting massloads of data to your laptops on the go, but how good is it for phones? For example, is Sprint's upcoming HTC WiMax phone going to be useful? More »
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Google's Trademark Application for the "Nexus One" Name Was Rejected

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A Google TV Set-Top Box is Coming

Click here to read A Google TV Set-Top Box is Coming
We knew that Google had its sights on the living room, but the NYTimes has new details on Google TV, an ambitious platform to deliver web content to Android-based set-top boxes and TVs through partnerships with Sony, Intel, and Logitech. More »
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By Kyle VanHemert
Image of Lacara Lacara 05:27 PM

Does anyone know why my icon doesn't show up when I comment, but it does in my profile?

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@Lacara: You're suffering from cancer.

It's been going around lately. A lot of Gizmodians have been affected. See a doctor.

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@OCEntertainment: Damn, I didn't know cancer was contagious around the interwebs. In that case, do you know a good doctor?

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@Lacara: This guy comes highly recommended.

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@Slyd3z: Excellent! Thanks a lot, I will contact him as soon as I can.
I wonder, Is this covered under my health insurance? Or will I get booted..

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Drops Let You Caress People Remotely

"Oooooh...hmmmyes, please. Up to the left, to the left, up, up, no, a little down, doooown, theretherethere... A little to the right? Oh yes. Theeeere! Aaaahooooohuuuuh. So good." This is how I wish the Drops worked. But it's still neat. More »
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Verizon: Android 2.1 Upgrade for Droid Begins Tomorrow

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#science Click here to read Scientists Successfully Embed Silicon Chips Inside Human Cells

Scientists Successfully Embed Silicon Chips Inside Human Cells

Scientists have already created mini-cyborgs out of living cells and semiconductor materials, but now biological cells can also contain tiny silicon chips, which could become sensors that monitor microscopic activities, deliver drugs to target cells or even repair cell structures. More »
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By Popular Science
Image of Monty Monty 05:02 PM

Interesting story for astronomy propeller-heads (like me):
Earth Raised Magnetic Shield Earlier than Thought

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Image of thechansen thechansen 04:45 PM

Hey peoples. As a website about technologies and what have you I want to present an idea to you. We all have lots of shiny gadgets and toys but we may not have a use for those gadgets anymore. What a better place to offer said gadgets to other nerds than through Gizmodo using the nifty new hash tag system. We can list things in its own section that we want to offload without messing up the site with spam messages offering to sell stuff and such.
I suggest GizMart.

#GizMart

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Image of Jux Jux 04:52 PM

@thechansen: I'm a fan of said idea.

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Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead 05:06 PM

@thechansen: A hybrid of Gizmodo and Craigslist....

Gizlist

Actually that'd be pretty cool. Personally if I was going to take part it would be to advertise ebay sales that I'm running so as to keep it nice and [relatively] safe.

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Image of thechansen thechansen 05:10 PM

@Kaiser-Machead: well eBay could be way to do it. Gawker comments have PMs and paypal is good at handling complaints.

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Image of Golf_Nut Golf_Nut 06:04 PM


@thechansen: first item up for Bid. She's a beauty!

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Image of iElvis iElvis 06:13 PM

@thechansen: Problem is Gawker is not paying for its bandwidth in order to let its users sell things.

I see a banhammer incoming.

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Image of thechansen thechansen 06:18 PM

@iElvis: eh, it's merely an idea, and its no worse for bandwidth than the open comment section that is white noise.
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