Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 6 compound words that contain queue. The most common are listed below. Open queue in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- jump the queueTo move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.
- message queueA queue onto which messages may be placed for delivery between components as part of interprocess communication.
- priority queueAn abstract data type similar to a regular queue or stack abstract data type.
- queue upTo queue (form a line while waiting).
- double-ended queueAn abstract list-type data structure where elements can be added to or removed from the front (head) or the back (tail).
- batch queueA system software data structure maintained by job scheduler software.
- circular queueA linked list whose last element links to its first element.
- job queueSynonym of batch queue: A system software data structure maintained by job scheduler software.
- queue-jumpTo jump the queue.
- ready queueA data structure that holds a process that is ready to run, but is unable to do so because the CPU is already occupied.
- queue-jumperOne who jumps the queue.
- queue-jumpingpresent participle and gerund of queue-jump
- jumped the queuesimple past and past participle of jump the queue
- jumping the queuepresent participle and gerund of jump the queue
- solo queueCollectively, the modes of a video game in which a player is assigned random teammates, one after another.
- dole queueHistorically a queue to receive the dole (unemployment benefit), now used in reference to the number of people who are unemployed and claiming state benefit.
- jump queueAlternative form of jump the queue: To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.
- poison queueA special message queue into which poison messages are diverted, to prevent them from blocking the system.
- queue-jumpersplural of queue-jumper: One who jumps the queue.
- jumps the queuethird-person singular simple present indicative of jump the queue: To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.
- prio queueClipped compound of priority queue.
Compound words 6
- requeueTo add to a queue again.
- queuelessWithout a queue (line of people or things waiting).
- queueableThat can be queued.
- queuerOne who queues; a person waiting in line.
- unqueueSynonym of dequeue (“remove from a queue”).
- queueingsplural of queueing: present participle and gerund of queue