Which I/O technique is commonly used to manage jobs sent to a device such as a printer by placing them in a queue on secondary storage?
Options
- A. Buffering
- B. Spooling
- C. Paging
- D. More than one of the above
- E. None of the above
Quiz Practice:
B. Spooling
Explanation: Spooling (Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-Line) stores jobs in a queue, usually on secondary storage, so that a slow device such as a printer can process them one at a time. It allows programs to continue without waiting for the device to become free.