job queue

ʤɑb kju

Definition

Definition of job queue - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

list of tasks waiting for processing

TECH.

The server processes tasks from the job queue.
The IT team monitors the job queue closely.
New tasks are added to the job queue daily.

task list

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Expressions with job

nine-to-five job

job with regular daytime hours

She works a nine-to-five job at the bank.

day job

main job someone does for regular income

He paints, but his day job is teaching.

inside job

crime committed by someone within the organization

The theft was suspected to be an inside job by the employees.

plum job

highly desirable job with good benefits

She landed a plum job at the tech company.

that job is beyond someone

exp.

too difficult for someone to do or understand

That job is beyond him, he can't handle it.

asleep on the job

adj.

failing to perform a task properly

The technician was asleep on the job, causing the system to crash.

Expressions with queue

queue up

gather in order, often to wait for something

People queue up outside the store before it opens.

jump the queue

move ahead in a line ignoring others

He decided to jump the queue at the concert.

dole queue

line of people waiting for unemployment benefits

During the recession, the dole queue grew longer.

join the queue

stand in line to wait for something

We had to join the queue to buy tickets.

queue-jump

cut in line ahead of others waiting

He was caught trying to queue-jump at the concert ticket booth..

queue-jumper

person who skips the line to go ahead

The queue-jumper went straight to the front of the line.

priority queue

system to handle tasks based on their importance

The project manager uses a priority queue for scheduling.

print queue

list of documents waiting to be printed

The print queue was full, so her document took longer to print..

distributed queue dual bus

distributed queuing setup that uses two buses for data movement

The lab tested a distributed queue dual bus to reduce message delays.

message queue

storage list where computer programs leave messages until another program reads them

The worker service reads each job from the message queue.

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unemployment line

employment

queue of people waiting for job opportunities

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French:file d'attente des travaux, ...
German:Auftragswarteschlange, ...
Italian:coda di lavoro, ...
Spanish:cola de trabajos, ...
Portuguese:fila de trabalhos, ...
Chinese:作业队列, ...
Japanese:ジョブキュー, ...
Arabic:طابور المَهام, ...
Hebrew:תּוֹר מְשִׁימוֹת, ...
Russian:очередь задач, ...
Ukrainian:черга завдань, ...
Hindi:कार्य सूची, ...
Bengali:কাজের সারি, ...
Catalan:cua de treball, ...
Czech:fronta úloh, ...
Danish:jobkø, ...
Dutch:wachtrij, ...
Greek:ουρά εργασιών, ...
Hungarian:feladatsor, ...
Khmer:ជួរភារកិច្ច, ...
Korean:작업 대기열, ...
Persian:صف کار, ...
Polish:kolejka zadań, ...
Portuguese (BR):fila de trabalhos, ...
Romanian:coadă de așteptare, ...
Swedish:jobbkö, ...
Thai:คิวงาน, ...
Turkish:iş kuyruğu, ...
Vietnamese:hàng đợi công việc, ...

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