queue

• Sustantivo que designa una fila o secuencia de personas u objetos que esperan su turno, o una estructura de datos en informática que opera bajo el principio de «primero en entrar, primero en salir».

A noun referring to a line or sequence of people or things waiting for their turn, or a data structure in computing that follows the first-in, first-out principle.

1. A2formalbritish

   A line of people or vehicles waiting for something.

   fila de personas

   • We stood in a long queue for concert tickets.
   • The queue at the supermarket checkout was moving slowly.
   • Please join the queue at the end.

   Sinónimoschaincrocodilefilelineprocessionrow

2. Data structureB2formalIT

   A collection of elements stored in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) order in computing.

   Cola

   • The print jobs are processed in a queue.
   • The server uses a message queue to handle requests.
   • The queue data structure is fundamental in computer science.

• Verbo que denota la acción de esperar en una fila o cola, o de ordenar elementos en una secuencia para su procesamiento.

A verb used to indicate the act of waiting in a line or arranging items in a sequence for processing.

1. Wait in lineA2formalbritish

   To stand in a line of people waiting for something.

   Hacer cola

   • We had to queue for over an hour to get tickets.
   • People were queuing outside the store before it opened.
   • Please queue here for the bus.

   Sinónimosline upqueue up

2. Arrange in sequenceB1formal

   To arrange items or tasks in a sequence or order.

   poner en cola

   • The system will queue your requests automatically.
   • She queued the songs on her playlist.
   • The printer is queuing multiple documents for printing.

   Sinónimosalignarrangearrayline upordersequence

Variantes phrasalqueue up