spooler

noun

spool·er ˈspü-lər

: a computer utility that regulates data flow by receiving data (as from a word processor), queuing the data in a buffer, and then transmitting it (as to a printer) with increased efficiency

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Monday’s advisory also provides more general advice on locking down the print spooler. —

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2024 Stashing the spooler out of the way reduces clutter and protects the spooler from damage. —

Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023 Bigger jobs and bigger reels require the best fishing line spooler. —

Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023 The recent Microsoft Print spooler vulnerability is just one example of this. —

Haim Glickman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 The threat, colloquially known as PrintNightmare, stems from bugs in the Windows print spooler, which provides printing functionality inside local networks. —

Dan Goodin, Wired, 8 July 2021 The vulnerability was the result of the print spooler allowing an attacker to write arbitrary data to any file on a computer with system privileges. —

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2020