What (who) is queue - definition
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queue
I
n. (esp. BE)
1) to form a queue
2) to join; jump the queue
3) in a queue (to stand in a queue)
II
v. see queue up
queue
(queues, queuing, queued)
Note: 'queueing' can also be used as the continuous form.
1.
A queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use line
)
)
I watched as he got a tray and joined the queue...
She waited in the bus queue...
N-COUNT: oft N for n, N of n
2.
If you say there is a queue of people who want to do or have something, you mean that a lot of people are waiting for an opportunity to do it or have it. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use line
)
)
Manchester United would be at the front of a queue of potential buyers...
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n
3.
When people queue, they stand in a line waiting for something. (mainly BRIT)
I had to queue for quite a while.
...a line of women queueing for bread.
VERB: V, V for n
•
A mob of journalists are queuing up at the gate to photograph him...
We all had to queue up for our ration books.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P for n
4.
A queue is a list of computer tasks which will be done in order. (COMPUTING)
Your print job has been sent to the network print queue.
N-COUNT
5.
To queue a number of computer tasks means to arrange them to be done in order. (COMPUTING)
VERB
queue
<programming> 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.
(2007-05-18)
Wikipedia
Queue
Queue (French pronunciation: [kø]) may refer to:
- Queue area, or queue, a line or area where people wait for goods or services
Pronunciation examples for queue
1. the long queue.
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2. in queues for water,
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3. in the queue.
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4. down the queue.
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5. queues sometimes form
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Examples of use of queue
1. Since detection will result in ejection, a safer bet is to queue for the queue.
2. More recently, in upgrading its digital offerings, Netflix has taken things a step further by separating out the Instant Queue from your DVD Queue.
3. Once the code is entered, your box is activated in less than a minute, and whatever is in your Instant Queue online will immediately populate the Instant Queue on your box. (The Instant Queue is available to all Netflix users as a separate and distinct list from the main DVD–by–mail queue, so you can manage both lists independently.) Add a movie to your Instant Queue online and that movie will appear within seconds on your box.
4. When I look back to the queue, it has disappeared.
5. I queue with a group of young women wearing burkas.