dequeue
8.8
The action of taking the first item out of a queue in a computer program
- noun
- /diːˈkjuː/
- Specialized
:
desencolar
- A dequeue occurs when the first item is removed from the queue.
Examples
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A dequeue operation removes the first item from the processing queue.
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After each dequeue, the next item in line becomes available for processing.
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The system performs a dequeue every time a task is completed.
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Did the system perform a dequeue operation?
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A dequeue operation removes the first item from the processing queue.
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The system performs a dequeue every time a task is completed.
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After each dequeue, the next item in line becomes available for processing.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dequeue comes from the parts de- ('remove') and queue ('line'). A dequeue is the action of taking something out of the front of a line, which is exactly how the term is used in computing when the system removes the first item from a queue.
