English

Etymology 1
Shortened from double-ended queue

Alternative forms
deque

Noun
en-noun

1. computing A queue in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.

#:This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a dequeue it's easy.

Etymology 2

Verb
en-verb|dequeu|ing

1. context|transitive|computing to remove an item from a queue

Antonyms
enqueue

See also
list
stack

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zh:dequeue

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