"queueing"

[Lowell Gilbert]

Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> writes:

> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, Warren Block wrote:
>>
>>> Dictionaries do not accept "queueing" as an acceptable spelling of
>>> the word,
>>
>> Really?  I see it listed in Dictionary.app on OS X and oed.com.
>>
>> What dictionaries are you checking?
>
> Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language,
> 1986, and dictionary.com.
>
> Is it regional?

In common use, it's definitely British. The American equivalent would
be "lining up." ;-)

In technical use, all of my professional books use the spelling that you
are questioning. c.f., The Computer Science and Engineering Handbook,
and the Douglas Comer books on TCP/IP.