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#27 Nov 18 2008 at 10:02 AM Rating: Decent
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Queue, people, queue. It's an English word that means "line" :-)

Technically, it's a French word that means "tail".
So, from the French expression "faire la queue" (to line up), comes the borrowed English expression "to queue" meaning to line up.


A queue is also a data type used in programming.





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#28 Nov 18 2008 at 10:05 AM Rating: Excellent
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Queue, people, queue. It's an English word that means "line" :-)

Technically, it's a French word that means "tail".
So, from the French expression "faire la queue" (to line up), comes the borrowed English expression "to queue" meaning to line up.


A queue is also a data type used in programming.


Which coincidentally is a first in first out data, just like a *gasp* line!
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