dequeue

Speech parts

1. dequeue - Noun

2. dequeue - Verb

Meaning

dequeue (plural dequeues)

Alternative spelling of deque

dequeue (third-person singular simple present dequeues, present participle dequeuing or dequeueing, simple past and past participle dequeued)

(transitive, computing) to remove an item from a queue

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Examples

For example, Perl and Ruby allow pushing and popping an array from both ends, so one can use push and shift functions to enqueue and dequeue a list (or, in reverse, one can use unshift and pop), although in some cases these operations are not efficient. Source: Internet

Operations The basic operations on a deque are enqueue and dequeue on either end. Source: Internet

Naming conventions Deque is sometimes written dequeue, but this use is generally deprecated in technical literature or technical writing because dequeue is also a verb meaning "to remove from a queue". Source: Internet

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