Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
dequeue
Verb
/diːˈkjuː/
Definition
To remove an item from the front of a queue.
Examples
- The program will dequeue the first request from the list.
- After processing the first customer, the system will dequeue the next one.
- He used the dequeue function to manage tasks in the software efficiently.
Meaning
Dequeue is a term primarily used in computer science to describe the operation of removing an element from a data structure known as a queue. When an item is dequeued, it is taken out in the order it was added, following the first-in, first-out (FIFO) principle.
Synonyms
- remove from queue
- extract
- take out
