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What is the noun for queue?

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queue
  1. (heraldry) An animal's tail. [from 16th c.]
  2. (now historical) A men's hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China. [from 18th c.]
  3. A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back). [from 19th c.]
  4. A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
  5. (computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. [from 20th c.]
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  7. Examples:
    1. “At check-in, the queue extended to the front door and was managed by a temporary aisle of the sort used outside nightclubs.”
      “You're next in the queue and will be attended to shortly.”
      “It was now dawn, but there was still a huge queue of cars on the north bank.”
queuer
  1. One who queues; a person waiting in line.
  2. (computing) A process, etc. that places data items on a queue.
queuing
  1. (chiefly computing theory) The act of placing something in a queue.
queueing
  1. (chiefly computing theory) The act of placing something in a queue.
queueings
  1. plural of queueing
queuings
  1. plural of queuing
queuers
  1. plural of queuer
queues
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