FIFO

FIFO

FIFO is an acronym for First In, First Out, a method for organizing and manipulating a data buffer, or data stack, where the oldest entry, or 'bottom' of the stack, is processed first. It is analagous to processing a queue with first-come, first-served behaviour: where the people leave the queue in the order in which they arrive.

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