Even the acronym finder isn't quite sure..........but does agree with most. I seem to remember Output back in my earlier ops daze.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=spool&string=exact J R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> 12/14/2006 08:40 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL) >From: Chris Mason I seem to remember SPOOL meant "Simultaneous Peripheral >Operations On Line" I think we all acknowledge that SPOOL was contrived to mean "Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line". The doubt expressed within this thread relates to whether anyone ever really thought of it as an acronym or were we merely using the English noun/verb with the same connotation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
