Definitions for Queue
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
queue(n.; v.)queued, queu•ing.
(n.)a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn.
a sequence of items waiting in order for electronic action in a computer system.
Category: Computers
(v.i.)to form in a line while waiting (often fol. by up).
(v.t.)to arrange or organize into a queue.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Computers
Origin of queue:
1585–95; < MF < L cauda, cōda tail
queu′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
queue, waiting line(noun)
a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
queue(noun)
(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
queue(verb)
a braid of hair at the back of the head
line up, queue up, queue(verb)
form a queue, form a line, stand in line
"Customers lined up in front of the store"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
queue(noun)ˈu
a series of jobs for a computer to process
***the printer queue
queueˈu
a line of people waiting
to join the queue
Wiktionary
queue(Noun)
An animal's tail.
queue(Noun)
A men's hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.
queue(Noun)
A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
queue(Noun)
A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
queue(Noun)
A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
queue(Verb)
To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
queue(Verb)
To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
queue(Verb)
To add to a queue data structure.
queue(Verb)
To fasten the hair into a queue.
Origin: From queue, keu et al. and queu, cueue et al., from cauda.
Webster Dictionary
Queue(noun)
a tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail
Queue(noun)
a line of persons waiting anywhere
Queue(verb)
to fasten, as hair, in a queue
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
QUEUE
The only Mongolian line connecting America and China.
Translations for Queue
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- touAfrikaans

- صَفArabic

- опашкаBulgarian

- filaPortuguese (BR)

- frontaCzech

- die SchlangeGerman

- køDanish

- ουρά, σειρά (ανθρώπων)Greek

- filaSpanish

- järjekordEstonian

- صفFarsi

- jonoFinnish

- file d'attenteFrench

- תּוֹרHebrew

- लाइनHindi

- redCroatian

- sorHungarian

- antrianIndonesian

- biðröðIcelandic

- fila, codaItalian

- 列Japanese

- 대기 행렬Korean

- eilėLithuanian

- rindaLatvian

- barisan`Malay

- rijDutch

- køNorwegian

- kolejkaPolish

- صفPersian

- كوڅى: دخلكو كتار ( دټكټ يا سودا اخيستلو دپارهPashto

- bichaPortuguese

- coadăRomanian

- очередьRussian

- radSlovak

- vrstaSlovenian

- redSerbian

- köSwedish

- คิวThai

- kuyruk, sıraTurkish

- 列隊,長隊Chinese (Trad.)

- черга, хвістUkrainian

- کسی مخصوص کام کے لۓ بنی لوگوں کی قطارUrdu

- hàng; lốiVietnamese

- 列队,长队Chinese (Simp.)

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