Queue-it (2024)

FAQs

Do you say que or queue? ›

For the more commonly-encountered meanings, try to remember to use cue when referring to hints, suggestions, and information, and to use queue when referring to things that organize into lines.

: a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles.

A queueing system can be described as a system having a service facility at which units of some kind (generically called “customers”) arrive for service; whenever there are more units in the system than the service facility can handle simultaneously, a queue (or waiting line) develops.

A queue is a linear data structure that follows the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) principle. It operates like a line where elements are added at one end (rear) and removed from the other end (front).

Que functions as a conjunction when it comes between two clauses. When the first clause ends in a noun, the conjunction becomes de que. Que or de que as a conjunction is usually translated as "that," which is often optional in English.

Here are some common meanings and uses of "que" in English: That: In many cases, "que" can be translated as "that" in English when used as a conjunction to introduce a subordinate clause. For example:"Dime que sí." (Tell me that [you will] yes.) "Espero que venga." (I hope that [he/she] comes.)

Queue comes from the Latin cauda, for "tail." Outside the United States it means a line of people or vehicles waiting their turn, so if your English friend talks about queuing up for the movies, that means getting in line for a ticket. We also use it in computing to mean an order of messages to be sent.

If any of your emails are showing up as “Queued” in your outbox folder, it means that it is in the process of being sent. In other words, Gmail was not able to send that email immediately for some reason, so it will try again later.

Examples from Collins dictionaries

I watched as he got a tray and joined the queue. She waited in the bus queue. There was still a queue for tickets on the night. Behind him was a long queue of angry motorists.

The simplest example of a queue is the typical line that we all participate in from time to time. We wait in a line for a movie, we wait in the check-out line at a grocery store, and we wait in the cafeteria line (so that we can pop the tray stack).

What happens in queue? ›

A queue is a linear data structure in which an element is inserted only at one end of the queue and deletion only at other end of the queue. A queue is based on first in first out (FIFO) property i.e. element inserted first will be the first one to be deleted.

Virtual queuing solutions allow customers to enter lineups digitally. They are moved through the lineup according to when they entered, the appointment they booked, and staff availability.

With a virtual queue system, when online visitors go beyond your website capacity, they're offloaded to a customizable online queue and then throttled back to your website or app in a controlled first-come, first-served order.

Queuing process is a class of random process es describing phenomena of queue formation. The term “queue” here is an abstract entity, which reflects the most common features of various types of real-life queues: traffic jams, queues to football matches, queue of e-mail messages on a server which are to be sent, etc.

queue in American English

to form in or be part of a line or file while waiting to be served, etc.

Line:"Line" is commonly used in American English, where it refers to a group of people or objects arranged in a linear order, typically waiting for something. Example: "I stood in line to buy tickets for the concert." Queue:"Queue" is more commonly used in British English and is also recognized in American English.

The president of the United States had used the word "queue," typically used by Brits, rather than "line," considered the proper term in American English.