queuing >> /kjuː/
Definition: [verb] Take one's place in a queue.
Example: in the war they had queued for food
Definition: [verb] Arrange in a queue.
Example: input or output requests to a file are queued by the operating system
Definition: [noun] A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.
Example: Upon the group's return a queue of vehicles had lined up to go across the river.
Definition: [noun] A list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.
Example: A bitmap indicates which queues are not empty, and the individual queues are FIFO lists.
Definition: [noun] A plait of hair worn at the back.
Example: Chinese men were forced to braid their long hair into a queue or ‘pigtail’.