Queue

Meaning

Noun

●

In Australian English, British English, Irish English & New Zealand English:

of people,

or other

, in

at the

first,

behind is

next,

, and which

at the

end (the back).

●

waiting list

or other means of

organizing

people or

objects

into a

first-come-first-served

order.

●

In Computing:

data

structure in which

objects

are

added

to one end, called the

tail

, and

removed

from the other, called the

head

(in the case of a FIFO

). The

can also

to a LIFO

where these

coincide.

●

In Heraldry:

An animal's tail.

●

In Hair:

with a

at the back of the

, such as that

in Imperial China.

Verb

●

or itself at the

line.

●

arrange

themselves into a physical

waiting

queue.

●

In Computing:

add

to a

queue

data

structure.

●

fasten

the

hair

into a queue.

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Origin

queue

English

queue

Anglo-Norman

Sourced from

Etym

Rhymes

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Queue

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