Semaphore - Definition and Overview
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Semaphore
can refer to:
Semaphore communication
by means of flags or other positional indicator.
A mechanical device (a semaphore signal) used in
railway signalling
.
Semaphore (programming)
, invented by
Edsger Dijkstra
for
computer science
, where only one part of a concurrent system may access a limited resource. This is also called
mutual exclusion
.
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