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FIFO

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000424

First-In, First-Out, a method for processing data structures where the first element added is the first one to be removed. This principle applies to queues, where items are processed in the order they arrive. It contrasts with LIFO (Last-In, First-Out), which is characteristic of stacks.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000424
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/fifo/"
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Record 464 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.