Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Queue \Queue\, n. [F. See {Cue}.]
   (a) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.
   (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere.

Queue \Queue\, v. t.
   To fasten, as hair, in a queue.

Source : WordNet®

queue
     n 1: a line of people or vehicles waiting for something [syn: {waiting
          line}]
     2: (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be
        performed or messages to be transmitted
     3: a braid of hair at the back of the head

queue
     v : form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined
         up in front of the store" [syn: {line up}, {queue up}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

queue
     
         A {first-in first-out} data structure used to
        sequence multiple demands for a resource such as a {printer},
        {processor} or communications channel.  Objects are added to
        the tail of the queue and taken off the head.
     
        A typical use of queues in an {operating system} involves a
        user command which places something on a queue, e.g. a file on
        a printer queue or a job on a job queue, and a {background}
        process or "{demon}" which takes things off and processes them
        (e.g. prints or executes them).  Another common use is to pass
        data between an {interrupt handler} and a user process.
     
        (1995-05-11)