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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 English, British usage) or ''line'' (American English, American usage), and the people are ...
, 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'' (stylized ''acmqueue'') is a bimonthly computer magazine, targeted to software engineer
Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining softwar ...
'', 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, 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 (abstract data type), queue or stack (abstract data type), stack abstract data type.
In a priority queue, each element has an associated ''priority'', which ...
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FIFO (computing and electronics)
Representation of a FIFO queue
In computing and in systems theory, first in, first out (the first in is the first out), acronymized as FIFO, is a method for organizing the manipulation of a data structure (often, specifically a data buffer) wh ...
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Load (computing) or queue, system load of a computer's operating system
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Message queue
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Queueing theory, the study of wait lines
Specific queues
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Queue for the lying-in-state of Elizabeth II, contemporarily referred to as "The Queue"
Other uses
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Queue (hairstyle), a Manchurian pigtail
See also
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Cue (disambiguation)
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FIFO (disambiguation)
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First-come, first-served
Queueing theory is the mathematical study of Queue area, waiting lines, or wikt:queue, queues. A queueing model is constructed so that queue lengths and waiting time can be predicted. Queueing theory is generally considered a branch of operatio ...
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Q (disambiguation)
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Q, the letter
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Que (disambiguation)
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