Queue Explained

Queue (; pronounced as /fr/) may refer to:

• Queue area, or queue, a line or area where people wait for goods or services

Arts, entertainment, and media

• ACM Queue, a computer magazine
• The Queue (Sorokin novel), a 1983 novel by Russian author Vladimir Sorokin
• The Queue (Abdel Aziz novel), a 2013 novel by Egyptian author Basma Abdel Aziz

Mathematics and technology

• Queue (abstract data type), a type of data structure in computer science
  • Circular queue
  • Double-ended queue, also known as a deque
  • Priority queue
• FIFO (computing and electronics)
• Load (computing) or queue, system load of a computer's operating system
• Message queue
• Queueing theory, the study of wait lines

Specific queues

• Queue for the lying-in-state of Elizabeth II, contemporarily referred to as "The Queue"

Other uses

• Queue (hairstyle), a Manchurian pigtail

See also

• Cue (disambiguation)
• FIFO (disambiguation)
• First-come, first-served
• Q (disambiguation)
• Q, the letter
• Que (disambiguation)