Spool

Spool can mean one of the following:

• Spool, a usually low-flanged or unflanged cylinder on which thread, wire, cable, paper, film, or tape is wound for distribution or use.
• Spool, a software company that allows users to save video and text onto their mobile devices to view the content offline.
• Bobbin, a cylinder or reel on which a quantity of thread, yarn or wire is wound for use in a particular machine or device.
• Spool, a term for a cable reel used to carry various types of electrical wires.
• Spooling, Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-line, transferring data between media concurrently with other work, in computing.
• Spool, a shaft of a gas turbine engine. "Spooling up" usually refers to a jet engine spinning up.
• Spool, a large spa/small pool (an insulated inground small pool with spa jets built-in, named by Insulated Water Structures).
• Spool, a verb used to describe a turbocharger or supercharger on a car engine beginning to spin and deliver power.
• Spool, a term for a solid axle, one which does not have a differential to allow a wheel speed difference from side to side.
• Spool, a band from London, Canada in the 1990s who released music on "Derivative Records" as well as a song on a Purderous Magina Records compilation.
• Spool, a short length (5-10m but sometimes up to 80m) of rigid pipe typically used to tie in a pipeline to a structure.
• Spool (record label), active from 1998–2008