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Meaning:

Noun:

  • computing A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO ''queue'' or stack where these ends coincide.
  • British A dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
  • British A organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
  • historical A men's hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid (sometimes a ponytail, after the French meaning) at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.

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Verb:

  • British To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
  • British To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
  • computing To add to a queue data structure.

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