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priority queue

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Definition of priority queue words

  • noun Technical meaning of priority queue (programming)   A data structure with three operations: insert a new item, return the highest priority item, and remove the highest priority item. The obvious way to represent priority queues is by maintaining a sorted list but this can make the insert operation very slow. Greater efficiency can be achieved by using heaps. 1
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Parts of speech for Priority queue

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