Queue

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Queue \Queue\, n. [F. See {Cue}.]
     (a) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.
     (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Queue \Queue\, v. t.
     To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  queue
       n 1: a line of people or vehicles waiting for something [syn: {waiting
            line}]
       2: (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be
          performed or messages to be transmitted
       3: a braid of hair at the back of the head
       v : form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined
           up in front of the store" [syn: {line up}, {queue up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "queue":
     Indian file, afterpart, afterpiece, array, articulation, bank,
     braid, brush, bun, buzz, catena, catenation, cauda,
     caudal appendage, caudation, chain, chain reaction, chaining,
     chignon, coil, column, concatenation, connection, consecution,
     continuum, cordon, cortege, course, crocodile, cue, cycle, descent,
     dock, drone, echelon, endless belt, endless round, fall in,
     fall into line, fall into rank, fantail, file, filiation,
     form a line, gamut, get in formation, get in line, gradation, hum,
     knot, line, line up, lineage, monotone, nexus, order, pendulum,
     periodicity, picket, pigtail, plait, plenum, powder train,
     procession, progression, queue up, range, rank, rattail,
     recurrence, reticulation, retinue, rotation, round, routine, row,
     run, scale, sequence, series, single file, spectrum, string, stub,
     succession, swath, tab, tag, tail, tailback, tailpiece, take rank,
     thread, tier, topknot, trail, trailer, train, twist, wake,
     windrow
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  queue
       
           A {first-in first-out} data structure used to
          sequence multiple demands for a resource such as a {printer},
          {processor} or communications channel.  Objects are added to
          the tail of the queue and taken off the head.
       
          A typical use of queues in an {operating system} involves a
          user command which places something on a queue, e.g. a file on
          a printer queue or a job on a job queue, and a {background}
          process or "{demon}" which takes things off and processes them
          (e.g. prints or executes them).  Another common use is to pass
          data between an {interrupt handler} and a user process.
       
          (1995-05-11)