Flag semaphore (from the Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma) 'sign' and -φέρω (-phero) '-bearer') is a semaphore system conveying information at a distance by means...
20 KB (1,577 words) - 23:55, 23 October 2024
Semaphore Flag Signaling System (SFSS) is a humorous proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by semaphores. Semaphore Flag Signaling System was...
1 KB (184 words) - 04:41, 30 September 2024
applications. Maritime flag signalling has a long history, especially prior to the advent of radio, and remains the preferred means of signaling in many situations...
9 KB (1,082 words) - 12:00, 18 October 2024
visual signal transmitted over distance. A semaphore can be performed with devices including: fire, lights, flags, sunlight, and moving arms. Semaphores can...
16 KB (1,731 words) - 08:58, 12 July 2024
Optical telegraph (redirect from Semaphore system)
Railway signalling San Jose Semaphore Semaphore Flag Signaling System Signal lamp Telegraph Hill, for a list of telegraph hills Wigwag, a flag signaling system...
72 KB (9,313 words) - 05:59, 12 November 2024
International Code of Signals (whether by flaghoist, semaphore, signal lamp, or other means), which specifies a standard set of flags and codes. Naval vessels...
15 KB (1,745 words) - 17:32, 21 September 2023
specifically to: Flag semaphore Semaphore telegraph, a system of long-distance communication based on towers with moving arms Railway semaphore signal for railway...
2 KB (240 words) - 01:53, 7 February 2024
International maritime signal flags are various flags used to communicate with ships. The principal system of flags and associated codes is the International...
22 KB (791 words) - 00:22, 22 September 2024
in a concurrent system such as a multitasking operating system. Semaphores are a type of synchronization primitive. A trivial semaphore is a plain variable...
22 KB (2,972 words) - 08:45, 17 September 2024
Naval flag signalling covers various forms of flag signalling, such as semaphore or flaghoist, used by various navies; distinguished from maritime flag signalling...
17 KB (870 words) - 21:59, 23 May 2023
safety of navigation and related matters. Signals can be sent by flaghoist, signal lamp ("blinker"), flag semaphore, radiotelegraphy, and radiotelephony....
33 KB (2,096 words) - 06:42, 30 October 2024
difference amounted to less than one minute. Semaphore Flag Signaling System Flag semaphore Heliograph Railway signalling German Digital Bibliotek: Reference book...
15 KB (2,137 words) - 04:53, 27 September 2024
historical form of flag signaling that passes messages by waving a single flag. It differs from flag semaphore in that it uses one flag rather than two,...
33 KB (4,329 words) - 00:00, 23 May 2024
interim. Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol Pigeon post Semaphore Flag Signaling System Sneakernet B. Carpenter; R. Hinden (1 April 2011). Adaptation...
15 KB (1,776 words) - 13:17, 3 November 2024
maritime environment, where semaphore is used). Many flags fall into groups of similar designs called flag families. The study of flags is known as "vexillology"...
59 KB (6,738 words) - 23:48, 29 September 2024
any fog-signaling apparatus Firing a gun or other explosive signal at intervals of about a minute Flying the international maritime signal flags NC Displaying...
18 KB (2,193 words) - 04:47, 6 November 2024
standard or system for railroad signaling in North America. Individual railroad corporations are free to devise their own signaling systems as long as...
53 KB (7,581 words) - 23:56, 23 October 2024
computer programming, flag can refer to one or more bits that are used to store a binary value or a Boolean variable for signaling special code conditions...
3 KB (359 words) - 17:34, 3 November 2024
Student Society, a student group at Simon Fraser University Semaphore Flag Signaling System, a fictional internet standard for transmitting Internet Protocol...
393 bytes (86 words) - 13:59, 14 March 2013
Signal or signaling may refer to: Analog signal Audio signal Digital signal Digital signal (signal processing) Cell signaling, in biology Signalling (economics)...
5 KB (619 words) - 12:31, 30 September 2024
Telegraphy (redirect from Telegraph signaling)
bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not. Ancient signalling systems, although sometimes quite extensive...
79 KB (9,825 words) - 05:21, 2 November 2024
(1 April 2007). The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the Semaphore Flag Signaling System (SFSS). Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC4824. RFC 4824...
19 KB (3,686 words) - 02:39, 9 October 2024
Railway signalling (BE), or railroad signaling (AE), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them...
45 KB (5,945 words) - 05:16, 8 November 2024
'complete with tail lamp'. Automatic block signaling uses a series of automated signals, normally lights or flags, that change their display, or aspect, based...
23 KB (3,126 words) - 08:43, 18 October 2024
Synchronization (computer science) (section Semaphores)
slower threads. Semaphores are signalling mechanisms which can allow one or more threads/processors to access a section. A Semaphore has a flag which has a...
20 KB (2,460 words) - 05:19, 28 October 2024
Korean manual alphabet Cued speech International maritime signal flags Morse code Flag semaphore Optical telegraphy Gregg Shorthand Initial Teaching Alphabet...
51 KB (3,393 words) - 22:29, 12 November 2024
1919 Popular Science article about a method to replace semaphore flags with a swinging dot signal: Wigwagging is Now Done by Machine, Popular Science monthly...
47 KB (5,598 words) - 00:59, 28 October 2024
Aircraft can acknowledge signals by rocking their wings or flashing their landing lights. Colt Acetylene Flash Lantern Flag semaphore Heliograph VS-17 Walter...
8 KB (950 words) - 07:54, 24 March 2024
of pole-and-arm optical telegraph, flag semaphore, heliograph, slat semaphore, and port-specific signals (like flag and ball weather warnings). The most...
5 KB (445 words) - 15:45, 2 May 2024
Optical communication (section Semaphore signal flags)
communication. Visual techniques such as smoke signals, beacon fires, hydraulic telegraphs, ship flags and semaphore lines were the earliest forms of optical...
22 KB (2,550 words) - 01:01, 11 November 2024