ALL meanings of queue
queue
Q q - noun Technical meaning of queue (programming) A first-in first-out data structure used to sequence objects. Objects are added to the tail of the queue ("enqueued") and taken off the head ("dequeued"). For example, an operating system might use a queue to serialise concurrent demands for a resource such as a printer, processor or communications channel. Users might place files on a print queue and a background process or "demon" would take them off and print them. Another common use is to pass data between an interrupt handler and a user process. 1
- noun queue line of waiting people, vehicles 1
- intransitive verb queue wait in line 1
- noun queue data processing 1
- noun queue A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. 1
- noun queue a braid of hair worn hanging down behind. 1
- noun queue a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn. 1
- noun queue Computers. a FIFO-organized sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action. 1
- countable noun queue A queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something. 0
- countable noun queue 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. 0
- verb queue When people queue, they stand in a line waiting for something. 0
- verb queue Queue up means the same as queue. 0
- countable noun queue A queue is a list of computer tasks which will be done in order. 0
- verb queue To queue a number of computer tasks means to arrange them to be done in order. 0
- noun queue a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for something 0
- noun queue a list in which entries are deleted from one end and inserted at the other 0
- noun queue a pigtail 0
- verb queue to form or remain in a line while waiting 0
- verb queue to arrange (a number of programs) in a predetermined order for accessing by a computer 0
- noun queue a plait of hair worn hanging from the back of the head; pigtail 0
- noun queue a line or file of persons, vehicles, etc. waiting as to be served 0
- noun queue a stored arrangement of computer data or programs, waiting to be processed 0
- intransitive verb queue to form in or be part of a line or file while waiting to be served, etc. 0