semaphore
n. 臂板信号系统,(铁道)臂板信号装置
vt.& vi. 发出信号,打旗语
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.
1. an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
1. send signals by or as if by semaphore
2. convey by semaphore, of information
It is like a semaphore signal waving before the eyes of the particle physicists.
它好象是在粒子物理学家眼前挥动的旗语信号.
Me ( Beautifully pronouced, with choice semaphore ): " I want a divorce. "
我 ( 用选好的语句, 优雅地大声说 ): “ 我要离婚. ”
A data structure for mutual exclusion, also known as a binary semaphore.
表现互斥现象的数值结构, 也被当作二元信号灯.
For example , the count of a semaphore object is decreased by one.
这样,所有等待这些内核对象的线程都会被唤醒.
A type of semaphore with just two states. Also called a mutex.
一种只有两种状态的信号. 也叫互斥信号.