sooner

adv 1: comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if

you can"; "came earlier than I expected" [syn: {earlier}]

2: more readily or willingly; "clean it well, preferably with

warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner

die than give up" [syn: {preferably}, {rather}]

spooler

Software or hardware to which data is

{spool}ed and which processes that data (e.g. prints it) in the

{background}.

(1995-03-25)