FIFO

[fahy-foh]

FIFO

[fahy-foh]
noun
2.
Computers. a storage and retrieval technique, used mainly for data, in which the first item stored is also the first item retrieved.
FIFO, GIGO, LIFO.
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Fifo is always a great word to know.
So is distributed data processing. Does it mean:
a system for linking a number of terminals with each other or a mainframe computer in order to share data, etc., usually confined to one office
a method of organizing data processing that uses a central computer that communicates with smaller local computers, which may communicate with each other
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FIFO (ˈfaɪfəʊ)
 
n acronym for
Compare LIFO first in, first out (as an accounting principle in costing stock)

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Slang Dictionary

FIFO definition


  1. phr.
    first in, first out; the first items placed in the stack are the first items to be retrieved. (Computers. Acronym. See also GIGO; LIFO.) : Oh, I thought this thing was FIFO, and I put the stuff in the wrong order.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary

FIFO definition


first-in first-out

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
FIFO
first in, first out
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