First In, First Out (FIFO)

First In, First Out (FIFO) - Short for "first in, first-out." A method of posting a transaction in first-in-first-out order. In other words, transactions are posted in the same order that the data producer entered them.

[Category=Data Governance ]

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 07 December 2009 09:01:30, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

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First In, First Out (FIFO) - A queuing technique in which the next item to be retrieved is the item that has been in the queue for the longest time.

[Category=Database Marketing ]

Source: Postcom, 06 March 2010 17:12:17, http://postcom.org/public/admail_image/glossary.htm

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FIFO - A method of posting a transaction in first-in-first-out order. In other words, transactions are posted in the same order that the data producer entered them.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 19 June 2010 09:54:16, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/f.html

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First in, first out (FIFO) - Use of material produced by one process in the same order by the next process. A FIFO queue is filled by the supplying process and emptied by the customer process. When a FIFO lane gets full, production is stopped until the next (internal) customer has used some of that inventory.

[Category=Quality ]

Source: American Society for Quality, 22 September 2010 09:15:01, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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FIFO - First In, First Out. A method of inventory rotation to ensure that the oldest inventory (first in) is used first (first out).

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: iSixSigma, 22 January 2011 08:37:19, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary