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LIFO, n. (a.) orig. U.S.|ˈlaɪfəʊ|
Also Lifo, lifo.
[Acronym f. the initial letters of last in, first out.]
a. Accounting. = last in, first out (a) s.v. *last adv. 2 c. Opp. FIFO n. a.
1945N.A.C.A. Yearbk. (Nat. Assoc. Cost Accounting, U.S.) ii. 81 Because of the possible ramifications involved in the use of the lifo method, any attempt..to set forth an outline of operating procedure..would probably end..in confusion. 1972Bookseller 25 Mar. 1714/2 It indicates a guiding redundancy principle of lifo (last in, first out—as opposed to filo, lilo and fifo). 1980Oil Majors in 1979 (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 2 In general, companies which apply the LIFO method of inventory accounting will report lower inventory values during a period of rising prices than companies using FIFO. 1990EuroBusiness June 33/3 If the prices of inputs and outputs are constant Lifo and Fifo give the same results.
b. Computing. = last in, first out (b) s.v. *last adv. 2 c. Opp. FIFO n. b.
1968D. E. Knuth Art of Computer Programming I. ii. 236 Stacks have been called..last-in-first-out (‘LIFO’) lists... Queues are sometimes called..first-in-first-out (‘FIFO’) lists. The terms LIFO and FIFO have been used for many years by accountants as names of methods for pricing inventories. 1969P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 406 It is possible to organize lists with neither LIFO nor FIFO. 1973C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. vii. 291 Thus the last item to be put into a stack is the first item to be removed. (For this reason, it is also called a Last In First Out queue or a LIFO queue). 1986Austral. Personal Computer Aug. 101/1 A stack is also called a LIFO..stack and various other names. |