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queue

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Pronounced "Q." A temporary holding place for data. See queuing, message queue and print queue.

(programming)queue - A first-in first-out data structure used to sequence objects. Objects are added to the tail of the queue ("enqueued") and taken off the head ("dequeued").

For example, an operating system might use a queue to serialise concurrent demands for a resource such as a printer, processor or communications channel. Users might place files on a print queue and a background process or "demon" would take them off and print them. Another common use is to pass data between an interrupt handler and a user process.
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Out of the square black hole in the middle of the floor protruded the head of the departed Chinaman, his glassy eyes turned upward in their angular slits and fastened on the dangling queue above with a look of yearning unspeakable.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
He was short and fat, and waddled comically; his eyes were very "slanting," as Rose said; his queue was long, so were his nails; his yellow face was plump and shiny, and he was altogether a highly satisfactory Chinaman.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
From Cockspur Street to Nelson's Monument the men were lined up in a long queue, making their way to the recruiting office.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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