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| queue [ kyoo ] |
noun (plural queues) |
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1. comput set of computer tasks: a series of messages or jobs waiting to be processed automatically one after the other by a computer system
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2. comput list of data: a list of computer data constructed and maintained on a first in, first out basis
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3. U.K.
Same as line1 (sense 3)
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4. history man's pigtail: a short braid of hair worn at the back of the neck by soldiers and sailors in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
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verb (past and past participle queued, present participle queu·ing or queue·ing, 3rd person present singular queues) |
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1. transitive verb comput add something to computer's tasks: to add a job or message to the list of tasks being held in storage by a computer, awaiting automatic dispatching
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2. intransitive verb U.K. form waiting line: to form a line while waiting for something
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| [Late 16th century. Via French< Latin cauda "tail"] |
