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 - Queues are used to effectively manage requests in a large-scale distributed system, in which different components of the system may need to work in an asynchronous way.
 - It is an abstraction between the client’s request and the actual work performed to service it.
-- Queues are implemente on the asynchronious communication protocol. When a client submits a task to a queue they are no longer required to wait for the results
+- Queues are implemented on the asynchronous communication protocol. When a client submits a task to a queue they are no longer required to wait for the results
 - Queue can provide protection from service outages and failures.