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noun
- 1. a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. British Similar
- 2. a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.
verb
- 1. take one's place in a queue: British "in the war they had queued for food"
- 2. arrange in a queue: "input or output requests to a file are queued by the operating system"
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May 11, 2024 · A queue is a linear data structure that follows the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) principle. It operates like a line where elements are added at one end (rear) and removed from the other end (front).
a series of pieces of data, files to be printed, calls, etc. that are waiting to be dealt with by a computer, telephone system, etc.: I turned the printer off and cleared the print queue. If the printer queue is blocked, a user can clear their own documents from the queue, but not anybody else's.
1. : a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head. 2. : a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles. 3. a. : a sequence of messages or jobs held in temporary storage awaiting transmission or processing. b. : a data structure that consists of a list of records such that records are added at one end and removed from the other.
noun. a line of people or vehicles waiting for something. synonyms: waiting line. see more. noun. (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted. see more. verb. form a queue, form a line, stand in line.
noun. a braid of hair worn hanging down behind. a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn. Computers. a FIFO-organized sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action.
If you say there is a queue of people who want to do or have something, you mean that a lot of people are waiting for an opportunity to do it or have it. [mainly British] Manchester United would be at the front of a queue of potential buyers. [ + of] Single parents got priority in the housing queue.
Definition of queue noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. A line of waiting people or vehicles. 2. Computers. a. A sequence of stored data or programs awaiting processing. b. A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest. 3. A long braid of hair worn hanging down the back of the neck; a pigtail. v. queued, queu·ing, queues. v.intr.
QUEUE definition: 1. a row of people waiting for something, one behind the other: 2. to stand in a row in order to…. Learn more.
A queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something. He got a tray and joined the queue. American English : line / ˈlaɪn / of people, vehicles
