From: adam@irvine.com
Subject: Re: What is a queue?
Date: 1999/02/10
Date: 1999-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <79qmk5$amc$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 79q1qc$blj@top.mitre.org
In article <79q1qc$blj@top.mitre.org>,
mfb@mbunix.mitre.org (Michael F Brenner) wrote:
> The word queue derives from the British cultural tradition of
> people lining up to get some service. The service is represented
> mathematically by a giant circle, and the people lining up look
> like a straight or curly line. Thus, the two together look like a
> giant letter Q, which was then spelt queue to make it sound
> difficult to spell, which it is. . . .
Hmmm, my Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate (1984) gives "French,
literally, tail" as the origin of the word.
-- Adam
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-01-25 0:00 What is a queue? Joshua Shriver
1999-01-26 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-09 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1999-02-10 0:00 ` adam [this message]
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1999-02-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
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