First-In-First-Out (Memory configuration)
A method of valuing stocks (inventory) for accounting purposes. Stocks issued are assumed to be the oldest available.... more on: FIFO
A method of coordinating the sequential flow of data through a buffer.
A method of ordering data items and storing them in the order in which they are received.
A network queuing method, wherein data packets are dealt with in a simple queue on a first-come, first-served basis. No packets are given preferential treatment; all are queued in the order in which they are received.
inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold
a block of memory used to store a certain number of samples on the board so that data is not lost if the data cannot be transferred to computer memory fast enough
a data structure that provides two methods put and get
a queue of values and is often used as a stream of data between two threads
A distribution procedure which ensures that the oldest stock (lot) is distributed and/or utilised before a newer and identical stock (lot) item is distributed and/or utilised
The method whereby the goods which have been longest in stock are taken out first.
First In First Out. The method whereby goods which have been longest in stock are delivered (sold) and/or consumed first.
First In First Out is a method of inventory keeping where the inventory purchased first is assumed to be the first sold or consumed in the production process. This method results in lower cost of goods sold in a rising prices environment as the company is always using the oldest prices.
First-In, First Out memory. This memory is arranged as a queue. The data can be read out only in the order it is written in.
First in, first out. A queuing discipline in which entities in a queue leave the queue in the same order in which they arrive.
First-in, first-out. Procedure used by accountants to measure and value inventory. So long as costs are increasing, FIFO tends to lower the cost of sales which reflects higher earnings and higher tax payments than LIFO (last-in, first-out). FIFO also inflates earnings during high inflation. The more conservative LIFO is a better method at fairly valuing inventory during inflationary periods.
First In, First Out. An accounting method for valuing the cost of goods sold that uses the cost of the oldest item in inventory first.
first in, first out (pertains to a list processing rule)
FIFO is a concept to describe the behavior of the buffer. It means the character received first will be sent out in first priority. FIFO buffer is used to reduce the frequency of interrupt process for UART chips, such as C16550C, in serial communication.
First In, First Out. An accounting method for determining the cost of inventories. Under this method, the first items purchased are treated as being the first items sold. Ending inventory is valued using the cost of later purchases, or the lower of cost or market.
first in first out. Assumes that the oldest items or costs are the first to be used. It is commonly applied to the pricing of issues of materials, based on using first the costs of the oldest materials in stock, irrespective of the sequence in which actual material usage takes place. Closing stocks are therefore valued at relatively current costs.
First In, First Out.. Stock rotation best practice.
First In, First Out. This is how multiple positions are arranged meaning that if more than one position is open in the same contract, the trade that was made second cannot be closed until all of the first one is
In computer programming, FIFO (first in, first out) is an approach to handling program work requests from queue or stack so that the first request is dealt with first.
First In First Out. Open positions are closed according to the FIFO accounting rule. All positions opened within a particular currency pair are liquidated in the order in which they were originally opened.
First In First Out -- a scheduling algorithm whereby a thread is able to consume CPU at its priority level without bounds. See also adaptive, round robin, and sporadic.
See first in, first out (FIFO).
first in, first out. A method of queue management where the first item in is the first item out, much like a grocery store line. See also queue.
Materials Management (MM) Abbreviation for "first in, first out". An approach to inventory management (FIFO withdrawal method) or valuation (FIFO valuation procedure) in which materials and products are actually or supposedly withdrawn from stock for sale or use in the order of their acquisition (i.e. the first goods received are - or are deemed to be - the first to be issued).
FIRST IN FIRST OUT, a method of inventory control where the stock of a given product first placed in store is used before more recently produced or acquired goods or materials.
First In, First Out. See named pipe.
First-in, first-out method of inventory valuation by which the earliest-acquired natural gas in storage is assumed to be sold first and the most recently acquired is assumed to be still on hand.
first-in-first-out interprocess communications method
First In First Out. A method of valuing stock.
First In First Out. A method of storage in which the data stored for the longest time will be retrieved first.
first in, first out. An inventory rotation system to sell older products before newer products.
First In, First Out. A queuing technique that assures the next item or person to be handled is the one that has waited the longest. This is the technique most Service Desk/Help Desks and Customer Support Centres use. It is typically automated by using ACDs.
First In, First Out. A type of data buffering that prevents data loss during high-speed communications.
The abbreviation for "First In, First Out." An accounting method of pricing inventory under which the costs of the first goods acquired are the first costs charged to expense.
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.
First in first out, method of rotating inventory so that the oldest products are used first.
First-In First-Out; refers to the logic order in which an item (eg. documents, inventory, etc.) is received and then acted upon (eg. paid, sold, delivered, returned, etc.).
First-in, first-out. The default redemption inventory method where securities are redeemed in the order that they were invested.
First In, First Out. A queuing method also known as FCFS: first come, first served. Always process the item that has been in the queue the longest. LIFO, last in, first out, is the opposite, where the most recent addition to the queue is processed first; also known as a push-down stack.
First In, First Out. Accounting method of valuing inventory issues by extracting the articles in the order they were received.
First in, First out. A method of account for valuing inventories.
First in, first out, usually regarding the sale of stock. Unless otherwise specified, the specific shares sold in an account will be the first shares that were bought.
First In First Out. A queuing process where the first packet in the queue is the first packet out of the packet.
Acronym for First In, First Out. A term used by programmers to describe a data structure called a queue where the first item stored is also the first item retrieved.
First in first out. A term used to describe a method of inventory control where the items are issued for use based on the date they were recorded in the inventory
Edit / First In First Out - A queue of items (such as incoming calls for example) configured in such a way that the item that will next be removed from the queue is the item that has been in the queue longest. There are two other basic types of QUEUES: LIFO (Last In First Out) and DEQUE (Double Ended QUEue). See Also: LIFO DEQUE Queue
First in, first out. A term used in STREAMS for named pipes. This term is also used in queue scheduling.
A method of tracking inventory or other transactions. The first item purchased is considered to be the first item sold. Contrast this with the LIFO method, under which the last item purchased is considered to be the first item sold. There are also other methods used to track transactions, including specific identification of each item sold.
FIRST IN FIRST OUT. A system of keeping track of the order in which information or materials need to be processed. The goal of FIFO is to prevent earlier orders from being delayed unfairly in favour of new orders.
First-in first-out buffer.
first in, first out. A cost flow assumption where the first (oldest) costs are assumed to flow out first. This means the latest (recent) costs remain on hand. To learn more, see Explanation of Inventory & Cost of Goods Sold. To Top
First In First Out. This term refers to the order open orders are liquidated. The first orders to be liquidated are the first that were opened.
First in, first out. A method of accounting for stocks, where the costs of the oldest stocks are deducted from revenues in computing profits.
First in / First Out. Method of storing and retrieving items.
See: First-in - first-out FILL OR KILL (FOK) — Immediately execute a transaction in its entirety, or cancel it.
(n.) First in, first out, a queue.
In inventory control and financial accounting, this refers to the practice of using stock from inventory on the basis of what was received first and is consumed first, i.e. first-in-first-out.
First in-first out; a system of stock rotation in which the merchandise that is received first by a store is the merchandise that is sold first.
First in, first out; a method for rotating stock to make sure older merchandise is sold first.
FIRST IN, FIRST OUT. Warehouse term meaning first items stored are the first used.
First In, First Out. A method of inventory valuation whereby the goods first purchased or manufactured are considered the first ones sold. During periods of inflation, the FIFO method shows inflated profits compared to the last in, first out ( LIFO) method.
FIRST IN, FIRST OUT. Principle applied to the treatment of transactions by PNS and TBF, based on network date/time entries.
First in, first out. A method for calculating taxable gain or loss when mutual fund shares are sold. The FIFO method assumes that the first shares sold were the first shares purchased.
First-In-First-Out memory, where data is stored in the incoming sequence, and is read out in the same sequence. Input and output can be Synchronous to each other. A FIFO needs no external addresses, although all modern FIFOs are implemented internally with RAMs driven by circular read and write counters.
First In, First Out. Memory devices that are used in buffering applications between processors that operate at different speeds or in applications where data must be temporarily stored for further processing.
First in, first out method of stock rotation.
First in, first out. A stock rotation system that requires those items within a line which are first bought by a retailer to be sold first.
FIFO. The first-in, first-out (FIFO) method of valuing inventories. It assumes that first-acquired inventories (and their cost) were used first in production and later-acquired inventories are being held for future use. Inventories information, where applicable, is provided in Items 10 and 11 of the census form.
First In First Out - in Protractor refers to the way inventory items are drawn; they are always drawn out oldest first (the oldest items are the first in). This is significant for costing, as prices vary with different purchases.
An inventory cost flow whereby the first goods purchased are assumed to be the first goods sold so that the ending inventory consists of the most recently purchased goods.
First In, First Out): A FIFO memory is one in which the first byte to have been written into the memory is the first one to be read from the read port.
First In First Out, term used usually in connection with warehousing, where the oldest items are the firt to be used.
"First in, first out." Refers to a type of programming stack.
First-In First-Out (as applied to a memory IC)
Short for First in First Out.
Method of accounting for the purchase and sale of securities for tax purposes whereby the first security purchased is assumed to be the first security sold. For instance, under FIFO, or first in, first out accounting, an investor who purchased 100 shares of XYZ in January and another 100 shares of XYZ in March, and then sold 100 shares of XYZ in November, would have sold the first 100 shares bought in January. In contrast, the LIFO method, or last in, first out would allocate the shares bought in March as the shares sold. See: LIFO
First-in-first-out. In warehousing, it describes the method of rotating inventory to use oldest product first.
A queuing technique in which the next item to be retrieved is the item that has been in the queue for the longest time. This ensures that cells remain in the correct sequence.
First in, First out. ACCOUNTING method of valuing INVENTORY under which the costs of the first goods acquired are the first costs charged to expense. Commonly known as FIFO.
First in, first out. A method of calculating inventory value by which ending inventory costs is computed from most recent purchases and the cost of goods sold is computed from the oldest purchases including beginning inventory. Contrast with LIFO.
See also First-in First-out.
First In First Out fixed cost
First in, first out method of inventory evaluation. The assumption is that the oldest inventory (first in) is the first to be used (first out).
First In First Out type of inventory valuation. The first goods purchased are assumed to be the first goods sold. (Proof that the Giant in Jack And The Beanstalk was actually an accountant: Fee FIFO Fum!)
First in, first out. Queuing and buffering method where the first data packet stored in the queue is the first data packet removed from the queue. All JUNOS software interface queues operate in this mode by default.
FIFO is an acronym for First In, First Out. This expression describes the principle of a queue or first-come, first-served (FCFS) behavior: what comes in first is handled first, what comes in next waits until the first is finished, etc. Thus it is analogous to the behaviour of persons queueing (or "standing in/on line", in common American parlance), where the persons leave the queue in the order they arrive.