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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word first in first out:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. first-in, first-out: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. first in_first_out: Vocabulary.com
  3. first in_first_out: Wiktionary
  4. First In_First_Out (FIFO), first-in, first-out, first-in first-out, first in, first out, first in_first_out: Dictionary.com
  5. First-in-first-out: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. first in_first_out: Rhymezone
  7. first in_first_out: Free Dictionary
  8. first in_first_out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. First in, first out, first-in, first-out, first in_first_out: Dictionary/thesaurus
  10. first-in, first-out: Infoplease Dictionary

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  5. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of International Trade Terms (No longer online)
  7. First-in first-out, First in, first out, first-in, first-out, first in_first_out: Legal dictionary
  8. First In, First Out, First-in first-out, first-in, first-out, first in_first_out: Financial dictionary
  9. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  11. First-in-first-out (FIFO): WashingtonPost.com: Business

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

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

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. First-In-First-Out: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (first in first out)

noun:  (accounting) A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.
noun:  (operations) A policy of serving first what has arrived for service first.
noun:  (computing) A type of queue data structure in which the oldest added items are retrieved first.

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