英 [ˈseməfɔː(r)] 美 [ˈseməfɔːr]
n. 信号标，旗语；臂板信号装置
v. 打旗语，发信号
复数semaphores
第三人称单数semaphores
现在分词semaphoring
过去式semaphored
过去分词semaphored
semaphore /ˈsɛməˌfɔː/
不可数名词 Semaphore is a system of sending messages by using two flags. You hold a flag in each hand and move your arms to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. 旗语
an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
send signals by or as if by semaphore
convey by semaphore, of information
信号量-引用次数：50
And to realizing the communication and synchronism among the tasks with semaphore, message mailbox and message queue has introduced the detailed one.
文中对用信号量、邮箱、消息队列来实现任务间的通信和同步进行了详细的介绍。
参考来源嵌入式内核和外围构件研究
信号机-引用次数：6
参考来源城市智能交通信号控制系统
信号塔
打信号
信号灯
旗号
信号量-引用次数：11
In the prototype system, Data Pre-fetching Based on Read-Write Semaphore is used in cache management; Cascade Broadcast is used in service for demanding requests of hot movies; FCFS Dynamic Optimized Patching Multicast is used in service for lukewarm movies.
该原型系统采用基于读写信号量机制的自适应缓存数据预取算法进行缓存管理；采用堆叠式广播算法对极少数热门影片进行广播；采用FCFS动态窗口优化补缀多播算法来满足一般影片的点播请求。
参考来源视频点播系统中关键技术的研究
...程可以按照一定的规则向消息队列中添加新消息；对消息队列有读权限的进程则可以从消息队列中读取消息。 信号量（Semaphore）：主要作为进程之间以及同一进程的不同线程之间的同步和互斥手段。
信号标(Semaphores)信号标为这些访问雷同资本的退程提供一个共步机制。 留神信号标没有是用于传输数据，它只是简略地和谐错同享资流的拜访。
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A type of semaphore with just two states.
一种只有两种状态的信号。
Then it atomically decreases the semaphore count.
然后它自动地减少信号的计数值。
This wakes up any of the threads blocked on the semaphore.
这会唤醒对这个信号量进行阻塞的所有线程。
Meanwhile, a second photo of the settings screen (shown after the break) reveals an up-to-date Snapdragon S4 chipset and provides a model name that sounds wholly appropriate: the Juggernaut Semaphore.
ENGADGET: Resize a Nokia Lumia to juggernaut proportions and it might look something like this
Although there are many of the trademark features of American rap in his videos - cars with bouncing suspension, ostentatious jewellery and much semaphore-like hand signalling - there is no sign of the gyrating, scantily-clad ladies that are more or less ubiquitous to the genre in the West.