fifon.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪfəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪˌfoʊ/

Forms: Also FIFO.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of first in, first out.

Originally U.S.

1. Economics. (Designating or relating to) a method of accounting in which the goods first acquired by a company are valued as though they are the first to be sold; = first in, first out at first adj., adv., and n.² Phrases 2e.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [adjective] > relating to accounting methods

first in, first out1934

fifo1945

LIFO1945

add-back1954

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping > methods of

double entry1721

single entrya1831

self-balancing1854

T account1936

LIFO1945

fifo1975

1945 Inland Printer Jan. 40/1 There are numerous ways to figure inventory: first-in, first-out, last-in, first-out, popularly called the ‘fifo’ and ‘lifo’ methods.

1965 Economist 31 July 470/2 Most companies in this country use the first-in-first-out (FIFO) system [of stocktaking].

1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Sept. 1083/5 In times of high inflation companies using FIFO for stocks and historical accounts for depreciation can at one and the same time show ‘obscene’ (but fictional) profits and be heading straight for liquidation.

1980 Oil Majors in 1979 (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 2 Shell's and BP's relatively large increase in net working capital reflects the application of FIFO-accounting by the two companies.

2. Computing. = first in, first out at first adj., adv., and n.² Phrases 2e. A device in which this procedure is employed. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > first in, first out

fifo1966

society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > set of instructions > FIFO or LIFO

fifo1966

first in, first out1966

LIFO1968

society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [adjective] > sets of instructions > FIFO or LIFO

fifo1966

first in, first out1966

LIFO1968

1966 IBM Systems Jrnl. 5 84 Another Class-1 algorithm, called fifo (first in, first out), has been investigated. fifo always replaces the block having spent the longest time in memory.

1968 D. E. Knuth Art of Computer Programming ii. 236 Queues are sometimes called..first-in-first-out (‘FIFO’) lists.

1968 Israel Jrnl. Technol. 6 378/2 The queueing discipline in all queues is FIFO, and at time O there are K items awaiting service.

1969 P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 406 It is possible to organize lists with neither LIFO nor FIFO.

1984 J. Hilton Choosing & using your Home Computer iii. 68 FIFO buffers..are an extremely common feature of most types of computer software.

1984 H. M. Deitel Introd. Operating Syst. (rev. ed.) ix. 219 This..causes pages to be loaded into storage and replaced under FIFO.

1984 AGARD Conf. Proc. No. 361. xxix. 4 Each synchronous program stores in a FIFO (in RAM) its own data.

1985 Electronics 2 Sept. 51/2 We will burst several words into the FIFO, encrypt, and then burst those words into communication memory on the board.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fifo
释义	fifon.adj. Brit. /ˈfʌɪfəʊ/, U.S. /ˈfaɪˌfoʊ/ Forms: Also FIFO. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of first in, first out. Originally U.S. 1. Economics. (Designating or relating to) a method of accounting in which the goods first acquired by a company are valued as though they are the first to be sold; = first in, first out at first adj., adv., and n.² Phrases 2e. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [adjective] > relating to accounting methods first in, first out1934 fifo1945 LIFO1945 add-back1954 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping > methods of double entry1721 single entrya1831 self-balancing1854 T account1936 LIFO1945 fifo1975 1945 Inland Printer Jan. 40/1 There are numerous ways to figure inventory: first-in, first-out, last-in, first-out, popularly called the ‘fifo’ and ‘lifo’ methods. 1965 Economist 31 July 470/2 Most companies in this country use the first-in-first-out (FIFO) system [of stocktaking]. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Sept. 1083/5 In times of high inflation companies using FIFO for stocks and historical accounts for depreciation can at one and the same time show ‘obscene’ (but fictional) profits and be heading straight for liquidation. 1980 Oil Majors in 1979 (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 2 Shell's and BP's relatively large increase in net working capital reflects the application of FIFO-accounting by the two companies. 2. Computing. = first in, first out at first adj., adv., and n.² Phrases 2e. A device in which this procedure is employed. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > first in, first out fifo1966 society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > set of instructions > FIFO or LIFO fifo1966 first in, first out1966 LIFO1968 society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [adjective] > sets of instructions > FIFO or LIFO fifo1966 first in, first out1966 LIFO1968 1966 IBM Systems Jrnl. 5 84 Another Class-1 algorithm, called fifo (first in, first out), has been investigated. fifo always replaces the block having spent the longest time in memory. 1968 D. E. Knuth Art of Computer Programming ii. 236 Queues are sometimes called..first-in-first-out (‘FIFO’) lists. 1968 Israel Jrnl. Technol. 6 378/2 The queueing discipline in all queues is FIFO, and at time O there are K items awaiting service. 1969 P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 406 It is possible to organize lists with neither LIFO nor FIFO. 1984 J. Hilton Choosing & using your Home Computer iii. 68 FIFO buffers..are an extremely common feature of most types of computer software. 1984 H. M. Deitel Introd. Operating Syst. (rev. ed.) ix. 219 This..causes pages to be loaded into storage and replaced under FIFO. 1984 AGARD Conf. Proc. No. 361. xxix. 4 Each synchronous program stores in a FIFO (in RAM) its own data. 1985 Electronics 2 Sept. 51/2 We will burst several words into the FIFO, encrypt, and then burst those words into communication memory on the board. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1945
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