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See [[Fifo]]. | FIFO stands for First-in First-out. Meaning it is a queue and the first data that enters it is the first one to leave. Think of a concrete sewer pipe that is placed on a playground and if a group of people enter one end and their direction of movement does not change the first person in will be the first person out. That's a FIFO. Had the pipe one end blocked the movement would have to reverse and you have a [[LIFO]] (last-in first-out). | ||
In Unix a fifo is a named pipe. See [[Fifo]]. | |||
Latest revision as of 15:18, 3 December 2005
FIFO stands for First-in First-out. Meaning it is a queue and the first data that enters it is the first one to leave. Think of a concrete sewer pipe that is placed on a playground and if a group of people enter one end and their direction of movement does not change the first person in will be the first person out. That's a FIFO. Had the pipe one end blocked the movement would have to reverse and you have a LIFO (last-in first-out).
In Unix a fifo is a named pipe. See Fifo.
