4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queue \Queue\, n. [F. See {Cue}.]
a A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.
b A line of persons waiting anywhere.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queue \Queue\, v. t.
To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
queue
n 1: a line of people or vehicles waiting for something [syn: {waiting
line}]
2: (in information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be
performed or messages to be transmitted
3: a braid of hair at the back of the head
v : form a queue, form a line stand in line [syn: {line up}, {queue
up}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
queue
A {first-in first-out} data structure used to
sequence multiple demands for a resource such as a {printer},
{processor} or communications channel. Objects are added to
the tail of the queue and taken off the head.
A typical use of queues in an {operating system} involves a
user command which places something on a queue, e.g. a file on
a printer queue or a job on a job queue, and a {background}
process or "{demon}" which takes things off and processes them
(e.g. prints or executes them). Another common use is to pass
data between an {interrupt handler} and a user process.
(1995-05-11)
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