(chiefly computing theory) The act of placing something in a queue.

present participle of queue

plural of queueing

(Britain, less common in North America) A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).

(intransitive) To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line. / (intransitive) To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue. / (computing, transitive) To add to a queue data structure.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of queue

plural of queue

(mathematics) The study of the behaviour of queues, and of stochastic processes modelled on them.

present participle of queue up

simple past tense and past participle of jump the queue