hɪstˈɔːɹɪkli, sˈʌtʃ kjˈuːz jˈuːs ɐ dɹˈɑːptˈeɪl dˈɪsɪplˌɪn: ɐ pˈækɪt ɪz pˌʊt ˌɑːntʊ ðə kjˈuː ɪf ðə kjˈuː ɪz ʃˈɔːɹɾɚ ðɐn ɪts mˈæksɪməm sˈaɪz mˈɛʒɚd ɪn pˈækɪts ɔːɹ ɪn bˈaɪts, ænd dɹˈɑːpt ˈʌðɚwˌaɪz.
Historically, such queues use a drop-tail discipline: a packet is put onto the queue if the queue is shorter than its maximum size (measured in packets or in bytes), and dropped otherwise.