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queue n., v., queued, queu•ing.
n. [countable]

a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn.
Computinga number of items waiting in a certain order for electronic action in a computer system:a queue for printing jobs.

to form in a line while waiting:[no object;(~ + up)]People had queued (up) for hours to buy tickets.
Computing to arrange or organize (electronic data) into a queue:[~ + object]The computer program queues the various print jobs.

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.
Computinga FIFO-organized sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action.

v.i., v.t.

queu′er, n.

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queue /kjuː/ chiefly Brit n

a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for somethingUS and Canadian word: line
a list in which entries are deleted from one end and inserted at the other
a pigtail
jump the queue ⇒ See queue-jump

vb (queues, queuing, queueing, queued)

(intransitive) often followed by up: to form or remain in a line while waiting
to arrange (a number of programs) in a predetermined order for accessing by a computer

Etymology: 16th Century (in the sense: tail); C18 (in the sense: pigtail): via French from Latin cauda tail

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