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queue / kyoō/ • n. 1. chiefly Brit. a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. 2. Comput. a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion. 3. archaic a braid of hair worn at the back. • v. (queues , queued , queu·ing or queue·ing) [intr.] chiefly Brit. 1. take one's place in a queue: in the war they had queued for food | fig. companies are queuing up to move to the bay. 2. [tr.] Comput. arrange in a queue. |
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"queue." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "queue." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-queue.html "queue." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-queue.html |
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1. (FIFO list; pushup stack; pushup list) A linear list where all insertions are made at one end of the list and all removals and accesses at the other. Like a pushdown stack, a queue can be implemented in hardware as a specialized form of addressless memory, and is most commonly used for speed buffering between a real-time data input/output stream and a form of memory that requires start/stop time. 2. See queue management, queuing theory. |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "queue." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "queue." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-queue.html JOHN DAINTITH. "queue." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-queue.html |
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Queuea number of persons or things in a line. Examples : queue of carriages, 1862; of people, 1837; of theatre-goers, 1862. |
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"Queue." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Queue." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301193.html "Queue." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301193.html |
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queue (her.) tail of a beast XVI; long plait of hair XVIII; line of persons, etc. XIX. — F.:- L. cauda tail.
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T. F. HOAD. "queue." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "queue." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-queue.html T. F. HOAD. "queue." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-queue.html |
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queue (Fr.). Tail. Tail or stem of a note, or tail-piece of vn., vc., etc. piano à queue (Fr.). Grand pf.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "queue." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "queue." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-queue.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "queue." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-queue.html |
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"queue." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "queue." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-queue.html "queue." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-queue.html |
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