Usually means: Items last in, exit first.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word last in first out:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. last in first out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. last-in first-out: Merriam-Webster
  3. last-in, first-out: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. last in first out: Vocabulary.com
  5. last in first out: Wiktionary
  6. last-in, first-out: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. last-in, first-out, last-in first-out, last in, first out, last in first out, last in first out (LIFO): Dictionary.com
  8. last in first out: Rhymezone
  9. last in first out: FreeDictionary.org
  10. last in first out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. Last in, first out, last-in, first-out, last in first out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Last-In-First-Out (LIFO): bizterms.net
  5. Last in, first out: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  6. Last-in-first-out (LIFO): Harvey Financial
  7. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  8. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  9. Last in, first out, last-in, first-out, last in first out: Legal dictionary
  10. Last-In, First-Out, Last In, First Out, last in first out: Financial dictionary
  11. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  12. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  13. Last-in-first-out (LIFO): WashingtonPost.com: Business

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. last-in first-out: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Last In First Out: CCI Computer
  3. last-in, first-out: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
  4. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  5. last-in, first-out, last-in first-out, last in, first out, last in first out: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (last in first out)

▸ adjective:  (accounting, computing, business) Of or pertaining to any situation where the last to arrive is the first to go, or a data structure where the most recently added item is the first to be retrieved.

Similar:
last-mentioned, first-come-first-served, last, first-fit, forelast, second last, ultimate, second to last, firste, aftermost, more...

Opposite:
first in first out, FIFO

Types:
LIFO, more...

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Similar:
last-mentioned, first-come-first-served, last, first-fit, forelast, second last, ultimate, second to last, firste, aftermost, more...

Opposite:
first in first out, FIFO

Types:
LIFO, more...



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