FIFO
UK/ˈfaɪfəʊ/US/ˈfaɪ.foʊ/
FIFO is the acronym of first in first out.
FIFO is the acronym of fly-in fly-out.
FIFO is the acronym of fit in or fuck off.
Meaning of first in first out
Noun
first in first out (uncountable)
- A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.
- A policy of assigning priority to tasks and assignments that have arrived for service first.
- To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional...1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, pages 357–358
- A type of queue data structure in which the oldest added items are retrieved first.
- Synonyms:
- FIFO
Meaning of fly-in fly-out
Noun
fly-in fly-out (uncountable)
- A method of employing people in remote areas by flying them temporarily to the work site instead of permanently relocating them.
Forms of FIFO
| plural | FIFOs |
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Words that rhyme with FIFO
Questions about FIFO
- What is FIFO the acronym of?
- FIFO is the acronym of first in first out.
- How do you pronounce FIFO?
- FIFO is pronounced /ˈfaɪfəʊ/ (UK).
Words near FIFO in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: FIFO (page history and authors); first in first out (page history and authors); fly-in fly-out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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