стек — meaning in English

English meaning

• queue noun A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn, served in the order they arrived.
• stack noun A pile of things placed neatly one on top of another.

Senses

стек is used for these senses in English:

• queue (computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. [from 20th c.]
• stack (computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.

queue — full definition

1. noun A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn, served in the order they arrived.
2. noun In computing, a data structure that holds items to be processed in order, usually first-in-first-out.
3. verb To line up and wait for a turn.
4. verb To add an item to a waiting list or processing order.

stack — full definition

1. noun A pile of things placed neatly one on top of another.
2. noun In computing, a data structure where the last item added is the first one removed, or the memory area used for tracking function calls.
3. noun Informal: a large sum of money.
4. verb To arrange things in a pile, or to add something to an existing pile.

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