(definition)
Definition: See first-in, first-out.
See also last-in, first-out.
Note: Written more fully this is, "the FIRST item to COME here is the FIRST one SERVED."
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Cite this as:
Paul E. Black, "first come, first served", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/firstcome.html
