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# OS_dispatch_queue_global

A system-provided dispatch queue that schedules tasks for concurrent execution.

```
class OS_dispatch_queue_global
```

## Overview

You do not create objects of this type directly. You receive a queue of the appropriate type when you create a new [`DispatchQueue`](/documentation/Dispatch/DispatchQueue) object.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`TaskExecutor`](/documentation/Swift/TaskExecutor)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`Executor`](/documentation/Swift/Executor)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Scheduler`](/documentation/Combine/Scheduler)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

### Inherits From

[`DispatchQueue`](/documentation/Dispatch/DispatchQueue)

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