sémaphore — meaning in English
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English meaning
- flag noun A piece of cloth with a distinctive design, used as a symbol of a country, organization, or signal.
Senses
sémaphore is used for these senses in English:
- flag (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- semaphore (programming) A bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time, or to synchronize and coordinate events in different processes.
flag — full definition
- noun A piece of cloth with a distinctive design, used as a symbol of a country, organization, or signal.
- noun A marker or indicator used to draw attention to something.
- verb To mark or point something out for attention.
- verb To signal someone or something to stop.
- verb To become tired or weak.