aikajono
Aikajono, literally "time queue" in Finnish, is a term used to describe a queue data structure or organizational concept in which elements are ordered by an associated time value. In this arrangement, the temporal attribute, such as a timestamp, determines the sequence of processing rather than the order of arrival. The concept is used in computing, information processing, and process scheduling to manage events, tasks, or records that must be handled according to time.
In practical terms, aikajono is implemented with a time-keyed priority queue or min-heap, where the smallest
Although the exact Finnish term may be encountered mainly in Finnish-language texts, English-language discussions describe the
See also: queue, priority queue, timestamp, discrete-event simulation, and event scheduling.