Yeah, we're just more specific Queue signifies that something happens at the beginning of the line, like people being served at a counter or whatever, or indeed as in the computing data structure.PyTom wrote:Hm... If my understanding of British English is correct, the American English spelling of 'queue' is 'line'. At least, it's pretty rare to hear the term queue in the US outside of a computer related context (where it is universally spelled queue).
I have a line of coke cans on my desk for example, but they're not a queue of coke cans waiting to be pushed off into the bin or whatever.
Yes, I know, as is my interpretation of check, a check on something.eclipse wrote:Cue would be something else completely: basically, the billiards pole, some kind of signal, or hint.
That's why I said it.