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In computing environments that support the [[pipes and filters|pipes-and-filters]] model for [[interprocess communication]], a FIFO is another name for a [[named pipe]].
Disk controllers can use the FIFO as a [[I/O scheduling|disk scheduling]] algorithm to determine the order in which to service disk [[Input/output|I/O]] requests, where it is also known as first-come first-served (FCFS).<ref name="TanenbaumBos2015">{{cite book|author1=Andrew S. Tanenbaum|author2=Herbert Bos|title=Modern Operating Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gqnngEACAAJ|year=2015|publisher=Pearson|isbn=978-0-13-359162-0}}</ref>
Communication [[network bridge]]s, [[Network switch|switches]] and [[Network router|routers]] used in [[computer network]]s use FIFOs to hold data packets in route to their next destination. Typically at least one FIFO structure is used per network connection. Some devices feature multiple FIFOs for simultaneously and independently queuing different types of information.
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