Usually means: Service prioritized by arrival order.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. first come, first served: Merriam-Webster
  2. first come, first served: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. first-come-first-served: Wordnik
  4. first come, first served: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. first-come-first-served, first come first served: Wiktionary
  6. first come, first served: Dictionary.com
  7. First-come first-served: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. first-come-first-served: FreeDictionary.org
  9. first-come-first-served: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. first come first served: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. first come, first served: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
  2. Technopedia (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. First come, first served: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (first come first served)

noun:  (operations) A service policy in which the first to arrive for service receives the service first.

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