No. 10,447 in German
queue
The German word for "queue" is *Schlange*, meaning a line or sequence of people or vehicles waiting their turn.
In a sentence
Die Schlange vor dem Kino war sehr lang.
The queue in front of the cinema was very long.
The word 'Schlange' in German translates to 'queue' in English when referring to a line of people waiting for something.
Im Computerkontext bedeutet Warteschlange eine Reihe von Aufgaben, die verarbeitet werden müssen.
In the computing context, queue means a sequence of tasks that need to be processed.
In this sentence, 'Warteschlange' is used in the computing context to denote a priority of tasks in a sequence waiting to be handled.
Die Kunden wurden aufgefordert, eine Warteschlange zu bilden.
The customers were asked to form a queue.
Here, 'Warteschlange' refers to a physical line of people as part of an organized system for waiting.
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