Semaphore
61semaphore — sem·a·phore …
62semaphore — UK [ˈseməˌfɔː(r)] / US [ˈseməˌfɔr] noun [uncountable] a system for sending messages in which you hold two flags in various positions to represent different letters and numbers …
63semaphore — An interprocess communication signal that indicates the status of a shared system resource, such as shared memory, in a multitasking operating system. There are several types of semaphores: • Event Allows a thread to tell other threads… …
64semaphore — A method with which multiple applications can coordinate related operations using messages …
65semaphore — A system of signaling by the use of flags. An arrangement of lights, flags, and wooden, metal, or plastic arms, supported by a standard, near a railroad track, operated for the giving of signals to trains. Wagner v Chicago & A. R. Co. 265 111 245 …
66semaphore signaling — signaling by holding flags in various positions …
67semaphore telegraph — Claude Chappe …
68semaphore indicator — A signal light indicator used before flashers were introduced (such as the Austin and Flying Standard), consisting of a lighted arrow that popped out from the side of the car (usually the B post) when the turn signal switch was actuated. Also… …
69semaphore plant — noun erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine • Syn: ↑telegraph plant, ↑Codariocalyx motorius, ↑Desmodium motorium, ↑Desmodium gyrans • Hypernyms: ↑shrub,… …
70Flag semaphore — is a system for conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands. Information is encoded by the position of the flags; it is read when the flag is in a …
