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SIMULTANEOUS PERIPHERAL OPERATION ONLINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

A utility program, often included with an operating system, that routes printer commands to a file on disk or in random-access memory (RAM) rather than to the printer, and then doles out the printer commands when the CPU is idle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
DEF

Procédure consistant à transférer des données destinées à un périphérique comme une imprimante dans un emplacement de stockage provisoire dans l'attente de son traitement.

CONT

L'impression peut être commandée à l'avance pour un seul document ou pour plusieurs (par exemple 8). Une telle suite est désignée sous le nom de «file d'attente».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
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