a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn.
Computers. a FIFO-organized sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action.
verb (used with or without object),queued,queu·ing.
to form in a line while waiting (often followed by up).
Computers. to arrange (data, jobs, messages, etc.) into a queue.
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Origin of queue
First recorded in 1585–95; from Middle French, from Latin cauda, cōda “tail”
historical usage of queue
The English noun queue comes from Middle French queu, quewe, queuue, cueue (with many other variant spellings) and Old French cue, coe “tail,” from Latin cauda (also cōda ) “tail (of an animal or scorpion),” also “penis.” The first recorded meaning of queue in English, from Old French, dates from the late 15th century and meant “a band of parchment attached to a document and bearing a seal.” The historical sense “a braid of hair worn hanging down from the head or a wig,” dates from the 18th century. The very modern computing sense of queue “a sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action” dates from the 1960s.
“While Apple will never admit it, I think there are times when they simply forget an item’s in the review queue or they intentionally keep it untouched as a sanction to a developer giving them the wrong attitude,” said Shoji.
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This summer, when the majority of tests were being shoved into the PCR queue, turnaround times stretched out, with some people waiting more than two weeks for test results.
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That makes it harder to get more people on our team, to get space in the dev queue to make site changes, to get rises and promotions.
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While it may have helped get rid of the snaking queues, this steep tax has suppressed the demand for liquor.
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Around 550,000 of these people were standing in a queue waiting for an apartment in Stockholm.
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A few years ago, I was standing in a queue behind two men and eavesdropping on their conversation.
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With Seacrest, the queue of big-name Miss Havishams in lacy, "nude" boring dresses reached a critical mass.
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Of course, it could take some time, given that Syria has pushed a lot of things to the back of the queue.
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At the beginning of this year, the queue in Embassy/Baghdad was roughly 2,000 cases (meaning upwards of 4-5,000 individuals).
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I walked along the shining hoods until I came to a shabby town car at the tail of the queue.
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As this wes said, Ledingtoun smyleit, and spak secreitlie to the Queue in hir eare; what it wes, the tabill hard nocht.
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It is by far the heaviest strand and continues, uninterruptedly, into the queue.
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"I don't intend to plait my hair in a queue any more," Hamish declared contemptuously.
The Story of Old Fort Loudon|Charles Egbert Craddock
Denton became aware of his duties, and hurried to join the tail of the queue.
Tales of Space and Time|Herbert George Wells
He carried one long leg on a crutch, and his elongated tail was tied to the queue of his wig.
The City Curious|Jean de Bosschre
British Dictionary definitions for queue
queue
/ (kjuː) mainlyBritish /
noun
a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for somethinga queue at the theatre
computinga list in which entries are deleted from one end and inserted at the other
a pigtail
jump the queue See queue-jump
verbqueues, queuing, queueingorqueued
(intr often foll by up) to form or remain in a line while waiting
computingto arrange (a number of programs) in a predetermined order for accessing by a computer
US and Canadian word: line
Word Origin for queue
C16 (in the sense: tail); C18 (in the sense: pigtail): via French from Latin cauda tail