In England, lining up to get on a bus is called queuing. In computer language, a queue means to line up a job for the computer's Central Processing Unit (CPU) or a peripheral device. A job is any task that a computer system does. One type of queue is called a memory queue, which is a storage space in memory or on a disk that holds incoming transmissions until the computer can process them. Another example of a queue occurs when printing a file. When the user enters a PRINT command, the document is first copied into a special area called the print buffer or print queue, which is a temporary storage area, usually in RAM. This allows the printer to print the characters at its own much slower pace and frees up the central processing unit to perform other tasks while the printer is running in the...