Semaphore (disambiguation)

A semaphore ( neuter or male, in Austria only male, of Greek σήμα sema "sign" and φερειν pherein "to carry" ) is generally a signal mast or a Winksignal.

Other meanings:

• Optical telegraph, an optical signal to transmit messages (for example Windsemaphor )
• A single character of the international semaphore alphabet
• Shape signal, a mechanical signal train
• Semaphore ( computer science ), a data structure for synchronization of processes
• Semaphore, active in the 1990s record label based in Nuremberg

• Disambiguation