English Explanatory Dictionary

first in first out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.
  2. A policy of assigning priority to tasks and assignments that have arrived for service first.
  3. A type of queue data structure in which the oldest added items are retrieved first.

Word forms

first in first out first-in-first-out first-in first-out first in, first out first-in, first-out

Synonyms

FIFO

Related words

first come first served
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