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queue noun 1 Brit a line or file of people or vehicles, etc, especially ones that are waiting for something. N Amer equivalent line. 2 computing a list of items, eg programs or data, held in a computer system in the order in which they are to be processed, the items that arrive earliest being processed first and subsequent ones placed at the end of the list. 3 a pigtail. verb (queued, queuing) intrans 1 (also queue up) a to form a queue; b to stand or wait in a queue. 2 computing to line up tasks for a computer to process.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c as noun 3; 16c, meaning 'a tail': French.
queue noun 1 Brit a line or file of people or vehicles, etc, especially ones that are waiting for something. N Amer equivalent line. 2 computing a list of items, eg programs or data, held in a computer system in the order in which they are to be processed, the items that arrive earliest being processed first and subsequent ones placed at the end of the list. 3 a pigtail. verb (queued, queuing) intrans 1 (also queue up) a to form a queue; b to stand or wait in a queue. 2 computing to line up tasks for a computer to process.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c as noun 3; 16c, meaning 'a tail': French.
queue noun 1 Brit a line or file of people or vehicles, etc, especially ones that are waiting for something. N Amer equivalent line. 2 computing a list of items, eg programs or data, held in a computer system in the order in which they are to be processed, the items that arrive earliest being processed first and subsequent ones placed at the end of the list. 3 a pigtail. verb (queued, queuing) intrans 1 (also queue up) a to form a queue; b to stand or wait in a queue. 2 computing to line up tasks for a computer to process.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c as noun 3; 16c, meaning 'a tail': French.
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