Today we're going to make a semaphore to control access to our variable by different threads.
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Semaphore
//ˈsɛm.əˌfɔː//
Synonyms for "semaphore" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
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8 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- լուսազդանշան noun (visual system for transmitting information)
Belarusian
2 entries- святлафо́р noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- семафо́р noun (visual system for transmitting information)
Bulgarian
1 entries- семафо́р noun (visual system for transmitting information)
Catalan
1 entries- semàfor noun (visual system for transmitting information)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 旗語 /旗语 noun (visual system for transmitting information)
Czech
2 entries- semafor noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- semafor noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Dutch
4 entries- semafoor noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- semafoor noun (visual system for transmitting information using flags)
- semafoor noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
- seinen verb (to signal using, or as if using, a semaphore)
Finnish
4 entries- lippuviittoilu noun (visual system for transmitting information using flags)
- opastin noun (equipment used for visual signalling)
- opastin noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- opastinjärjestelmä noun (visual system for transmitting information)
French
1 entries- sémaphore noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
German
1 entries- Semaphor noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Greek
1 entries- σηματοφόρος noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Hebrew
3 entries- סמפור noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- סמפור noun (visual system for transmitting information using flags)
- סמפור noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Hungarian
1 entries- szemafor noun (visual system for transmitting information)
Icelandic
1 entries- veif noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Italian
2 entries- semaforo noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- semaforo marittimo noun (visual system for transmitting information using flags)
Japanese
2 entries- セマフォ noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
- 手旗信号 noun (visual system for transmitting information using flags)
Polish
1 entries- semafor noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Romanian
1 entries- semafor noun (equipment used for visual signalling)
Russian
4 entries- семафо́р noun (equipment used for visual signalling)
- семафо́р noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- семафо́р noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
- флажко́вая сигнализа́ция noun (visual system for transmitting information using flags)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sȅmafōr noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- се̏мафо̄р noun (visual system for transmitting information)
Spanish
2 entries- semáforo noun (visual system for transmitting information)
- semáforo verb (to signal using, or as if using, a semaphore)
Swedish
2 entries- semafor noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
- semaforera verb (to signal using, or as if using, a semaphore)
Turkish
1 entries- semafor noun (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Ukrainian
1 entries- семафо́р noun (visual system for transmitting information)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Increment the semaphore by 1.
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Tom used his flags to spell out "HELP" in semaphore.
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The car is so old that it has a turning semaphore.
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