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" (78 found)
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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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