Semaphore (disambiguation)

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Semaphore can refer to:

• Another name for the optical telegraph invented for Napoleon Bonaparte, a system of communication used prior to the invention of the electrical telegraph by moving arms atop a tower
• Flag semaphore, a communication system by means of flags
• A mechanical device (a semaphore signal) used in railway signalling
• An alternative name for traffic lights, based on their early resemblance to semaphore railway signals
• Semaphore (programming) in computer science are a mechanism for supporting mutual exclusion in concurrent programs.
• Semaphore, South Australia, a historic seaside community in southern Australia

[edit] See also

• International maritime signal flags
• Telegraphy

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