QUEUE


Meaning of QUEUE in English

— queuer , n.

/kyooh/ , n. , v. , queued, queuing .

n.

1. a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.

2. a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn.

3. Computers. a FIFO-organized sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action.

v.i. , v.t.

4. to form in a line while waiting (often fol. by up ).

5. Computers. to arrange (data, jobs, messages, etc.) into a queue.

[ 1585-95; cauda, coda tail ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .