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  • 1Priority queue — A priority queue is an abstract data type in computer programming. It is exactly like a regular queue or stack data structure, but additionally, each element is associated with a priority . stack: elements are pulled in last in first out order (e …

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  • 2priority */*/*/ — UK [praɪˈɒrətɪ] / US [praɪˈɔrətɪ] noun Word forms priority : singular priority plural priorities 1) a) [countable] something important that must be done first or needs more attention than anything else We should be able to agree on priorities.… …

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  • 3priority — pri|or|i|ty [ praı ɔrəti ] noun *** 1. ) count something important, that must be done first or needs more attention than anything else: We should be able to agree on priorities. Being fashionable was low on her list of priorities.… …

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  • 4first — first1 W1S1 [fə:st US fə:rst] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a series)¦ 2 for the first time 3¦(main)¦ 4 in the first place 5 in the first instance 6 at first glance/sight 7 first things first 8 (at) first hand 9 first prize/place …

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  • 5priority*/*/ — [praɪˈɒrəti] noun 1) [C] something important that must be done first, or that needs more attention than anything else Health insurance will be our top priority.[/ex] 2) [U] the importance that you give to something that must be done Their… …

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  • 6First class travel — First class is the most luxurious class of accommodation on a train, passenger ship, airplane, or other conveyance. [first class. (n.d.). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved October 19, 2007, from… …

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  • 7first — I (earlier) adjective aboriginal, anterior, earlier, earliest, embryonic, inaugural, incipient, introductory, previous, primeval, primitive, prior associated concepts: at first impression, first lien, first reading, first stages of litigation, on …

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  • 8Priority inversion — In scheduling, priority inversion is the scenario where a low priority task holds a shared resource that is required by a high priority task. This causes the execution of the high priority task to be blocked until the low priority task has… …

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  • 9first — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied time (shall take the first train; the first cuckoo). 2 foremost in position, rank, or importance (First Lord of the Treasury; first mate). 3 Mus.… …

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  • 10first — number BEFORE 1 before anything or anyone else: She reached the top of the hill first. | It s mine, I saw it first. see firstly 2 the first someone or something that is before other people or things : be (the) first to do sth: My sister said I d… …

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