"FIFO" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfaɪfəʊ/ [UK], /ˈfaɪ.foʊ/ [US] Forms: FIFOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} FIFO (countable and uncountable, plural FIFOs)
  1. (accounting, operations, computing) Acronym of first in first out. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: first in first out Categories (topical): Accounting, Computing
  2. Acronym of fly-in fly-out. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: fly-in fly-out Categories (topical): Operations
    Sense id: en-FIFO-en-noun-BDFA-FnR Disambiguation of Operations: 25 63 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 69 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 65 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 62 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: FEFO, LIFO

Phrase [English]

IPA: /ˈfaɪfəʊ/ [UK], /ˈfaɪ.foʊ/ [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} FIFO
  1. (informal) Acronym of fit in or fuck off: a warning to obey societal or institutional norms, or be expelled. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal Alternative form of: fit in or fuck off (extra: a warning to obey societal or institutional norms, or be expelled)
    Sense id: en-FIFO-en-phrase-e9ULi2Hy

Inflected forms

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