queue
noun
[ kjuː ]
• a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.
Similar:
line,
row,
column,
file,
chain,
string,
stream,
procession,
train,
succession,
progression,
cavalcade,
sequence,
series,
waiting list,
reserve list,
breadline,
wait list,
backup,
waiting line,
crocodile,
traffic jam,
jam,
tailback,
gridlock,
traffic snarl,
snarl-up,
• a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.
• a plait of hair worn at the back.
queue
verb
• take one's place in a queue.
• "in the war they had queued for food"
Similar:
line up,
form lines,
get into rows/columns,
fall in,
file,
walk/move in line,
stand in a queue,
form a queue,
queue up,
wait in line,
form a line,
form a crocodile,
• arrange in a queue.
• "input or output requests to a file are queued by the operating system"
Origin:
late 16th century (as a heraldic term denoting the tail of an animal): from French, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’. Compare with cue2. queue (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 19th century.
