Priority Queue

Priority queue :

Priority queue is a linear data structure. It is having a list of items in which each item has associated priority. It works on a principle add an element to the queue with an associated priority and remove the element from the queue that has the highest priority. In general different items may have different priorities. In this queue highest or the lowest priority item are inserted in random order. It is possible to delete an element from a priority queue in order of their priorities starting with the highest priority.

The above figure represents 3 separated Queues each following FIFO behavior. Elements in the 2nd Queue are removed only, when the first Queue is empty and elements from the 3rd Queue are removed only when the 2nd Queue is empty and soon.