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Is there a standard collection in .NET that implements a FIFO stack?

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FIFO means first-in-first-out. The data structure you're looking for is called a Queue.

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yes, or asker meant named pipes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe - named pipe (also known as a FIFO for its behavior)
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Are you looking for the Queue<T> class?

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The accepted answer is outdated in favor of generic queue.
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FIFO means first in first out. This is as opposed to LIFO (or FILO as lucero pointed out). which is last in first out.

A link comparing queues, stacks, and hashtables.

You want to use a queue object for FIFO operations:

http://www.csharpfriends.com/Articles/getArticle.aspx?articleID=66

MSDN link on queues

And a stack is used for LIFO operations: Stack Link

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Note that LIFO is also known as FILO. :-)

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