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// assembly-standard-address-types.adoc

[id='con-standard-queue-{context}']
= Queue
// !standard.address.queue.shortDescription:A store-and-forward queue
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The queue address type is a store-and-forward queue. This address type is appropriate for implementing a distributed work queue, handling traffic bursts, and other use cases where you want to decouple the producer and consumer. A queue can be sharded across multiple storage units; however, message order is no longer guaranteed.
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