"ready queue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ready queues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ready queue (plural ready queues)
  1. (computing, computer hardware) A data structure that holds a process that is ready to run, but is unable to do so because the CPU is already occupied. Categories (topical): Computer hardware, Computing Related terms: waiting time

Inflected forms

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