Meaning of first in first out | Babel Free

Definitions

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 A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.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

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Examples

“To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds.”

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