semaphore
A semaphore ( neuter or masculine , in Austria only masculine, from the Greek σῆμα sēma "sign" and φέρειν pherein "carry") is generally a signal mast or a waving signal .
Further meanings:
- optical telegraph , an optical signal used to transmit messages ( e.g. wind semaphore )
- a single character of the international wink alphabet
- Form signal , a mechanical railway signal
- Semaphore (computer science) , a data structure for the synchronization of processes
- Semaphore (record label) , a record label from Nuremberg that was active in the 1990s
- Semaphor (magazine) , a Swiss magazine on the subject of railways
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