Definition of "queue" []

• A line of waiting people or vehicles. (noun)
• A long braid of hair worn hanging down the back of the neck; a pigtail. (noun)
• Computer Science A sequence of stored data or programs awaiting processing. (noun)
• Computer Science A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest. (noun)
• To get in line: queue up at the box office. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "At the head of the queue is a woman carrying a baby in her arms."
• "Next project in the queue is a Harry Potter scarf."
• "Mayende also argues that illegal occupations could not be rewarded by providing access to housing on a preferential basis - which he refers to as queue-jumping."