🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Primeiro a entrar, primeiro a sair

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Primeiro a entrar, primeiro a sair

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
FIFO/ˈfaɪ.foʊ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Em um sistema FIFO, o estoque mais antigo é vendido primeiro."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A method of organizing and managing a collection of items where the first items added are the first ones to be removed.

    "In a FIFO inventory system, the oldest stock is sold first to minimize spoilage."
  2. 2

    A principle in computing where the first data entered is the first data processed.

    "The queue operates on a FIFO basis, ensuring that the first request is handled first."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'FIFO' is an acronym for 'First In, First Out', originating from the principles of inventory management and data structure in computing. It has been used since the mid-20th century to describe processes where the first items added are the first to be removed.

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🇫🇷French → English

Premier entré, premier sorti

Transliteration: Première entrée, première sortie

"Dans un système FIFO, les articles les plus anciens sont vendus en premier."

🇩🇪German → English

Zuerst rein, zuerst raus

Transliteration: Zuerst rein, zuerst raus

"In einem FIFO-System wird der älteste Bestand zuerst verkauft."

🇮🇹Italian → English

Primo entrato, primo uscito

Transliteration: Primo entrato, primo uscito

"In un sistema FIFO, le scorte più vecchie vengono vendute per prime."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

Primero en entrar, primero en salir

Transliteration: Primero en entrar, primero en salir

"En un sistema FIFO, el stock más antiguo se vende primero."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

Primeiro a entrar, primeiro a sair

Transliteration: Primeiro a entrar, primeiro a sair

"Em um sistema FIFO, o estoque mais antigo é vendido primeiro."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

पहला आया, पहला गया

Transliteration: Pehla aaya, pehla gaya

"FIFO प्रणाली में, सबसे पुराना स्टॉक पहले बेचा जाता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

先进先出

Transliteration: Xiān jìn xiān chū

"在FIFO系统中,最旧的库存首先被出售。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

선입선출

Transliteration: Seonipseonchul

"FIFO 시스템에서는 가장 오래된 재고가 먼저 판매됩니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

先入先出

Transliteration: Sen'nyū sen'shutsu

"FIFOシステムでは、最も古い在庫が最初に販売されます。"

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