Queue

Internal

• Data Structures
• Stack

Overview

A queue is a dynamic set in which the the DELETE operation, which does not have any argument, removes the oldest element in the queue. The queue implements the first-in-first-out, or FIFO, policy. The queue has a head and a tail. The INSERT operation for a queue is called ENQUEUE and places the new element at the tail. The DELETE operation is called DEQUEUE, and has no argument. It simply returns the element at the head of the queue, if any. If we attempt to dequeue an element from an empty queue, it is said that the queue underflows. If we attempt to enqueue an element on a full queue, it is said that the queue overflows.