Main Entry:

¹queue

Pronunciation:

\ˈkyü\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French, literally, tail, from Old French cue, coe, Latin cauda, coda

Date:

1748

1: a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head2: a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles3 a: a sequence of messages or jobs held in temporary storage awaiting transmission or processing b: a data structure that consists of a list of records such that records are added at one end and removed from the other