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Queue () may refer to:
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Queue area
Queue areas are places in which people queue (first-come, first-served) for goods or services. Such a group of people is known as a ''queue'' (British usage) or ''line'' (American usage), and the people are said to be waiting or standing ''in ...
, or queue, a line or area where people wait for goods or services
Arts, entertainment, and media
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ACM Queue
''ACM Queue'' is a bimonthly computer magazine founded and published by the Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 an ...
'', a computer magazine
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''The Queue'' (Sorokin novel), a 1983 novel by Russian author Vladimir Sorokin
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''The Queue'' (Abdel Aziz novel), a 2013 novel by Egyptian author Basma Abdel Aziz
Mathematics and technology
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Queue (abstract data type)
In computer science, a queue is a collection of entities that are maintained in a sequence and can be modified by the addition of entities at one end of the sequence and the removal of entities from the other end of the sequence. By convention, ...
, a type of data structure in computer science
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Circular queue
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Double-ended queue
In computer science, a double-ended queue (abbreviated to deque, pronounced ''deck'', like "cheque") is an abstract data type that generalizes a queue, for which elements can be added to or removed from either the front (head) or back (tail). I ...
, also known as a deque
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Priority queue
In computer science, a priority queue is an abstract data-type similar to a regular queue or stack data structure in which each element additionally has a ''priority'' associated with it. In a priority queue, an element with high priority is se ...
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FIFO (computing and electronics)
Representation of a FIFO queue
In computing and in systems theory, FIFO is an acronym for first in, first out (the first in is the first out), a method for organizing the manipulation of a data structure (often, specifically a data buffer) where ...
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Load (computing)
In UNIX computing, the system load is a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs. The load average represents the average system load over a period of time. It conventionally appears in the form of three numb ...
or queue, system load of a computer's operating system
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Message queue
In computer science, message queues and mailboxes are software-engineering components typically used for inter-process communication (IPC), or for inter- thread communication within the same process. They use a queue for messaging – the ...
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Queueing theory
Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues. A queueing model is constructed so that queue lengths and waiting time can be predicted. Queueing theory is generally considered a branch of operations research because the ...
, the study of wait lines
Other uses
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Queue (hairstyle)
A queue or cue is a hairstyle that was worn by the Jurchen and Manchu peoples of Manchuria, and was later required to be worn by male subjects of Qing China. Hair on top of the scalp is grown long and is often braided, while the front portion o ...
, a Manchurian pigtail
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The Queue
The Queue was a nickname for the queue of mourners who waited to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II while she lay in state at Westminster Hall in London, England, from 14 to 19 September 2022.
Two separate queues for mourners operate ...
, a queue to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during her lying in state
See also
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Cue (disambiguation)
Cue or CUE may refer to:
Event markers
*Sensory cue, in perception (experimental psychology)
*Cue (theatrical), the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time, in theatre or film
*Cue (show control), the electronic rendering of the ...
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FIFO (disambiguation)
FIFO may refer to:
First in, first out
First in, first out describes a method of managing items in storage.
* FIFO in stock rotation, particularly to avoid food spoilage
* FIFO (computing and electronics), a method of queuing or memory manageme ...
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First-come, first-served
Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues. A queueing model is constructed so that queue lengths and waiting time can be predicted. Queueing theory is generally considered a branch of operations research because the ...
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Q (disambiguation)
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Q, the letter
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Que (disambiguation)
QUE or que may refer to:
* Quebec (Que.), as the traditional abbreviation, though the postal abbreviations are now QC and previously PQ
* Que Publishing, a company which first began as a publisher of technical computer software and hardware suppo ...
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