"last in first out" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} last in first out (not comparable)
  1. (accounting, computing, business) Of or pertaining to any situation where the last to arrive is the first to go, or a data structure where the most recently added item is the first to be retrieved. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Accounting, Business, Computing Translations (of a situation where the last to arrive is the first to go): viimeksi sisään ensin ulos (Finnish), pinotapa (Finnish), sist inn, først ut (Norwegian Bokmål), sist inn, først ut (Norwegian Nynorsk), sist inn, fyrst ut (Norwegian Nynorsk), sist in, först ut (Swedish)

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