Semaphore (disambiguation) explained

Semaphore is the use of an apparatus with telegraphy to create a visual signal transmitted over long-distances.

It may refer more specifically to:

• Flag semaphore
• Semaphore telegraph, a system of long-distance communication based on towers with moving arms
• Railway semaphore signal for railway traffic control
• Traffic semaphore, another name for automotive traffic lights based on their early resemblance to railway semaphores
• Turning semaphore or trafficators, retractable arms to indicate turns on automobiles from the 1920s to 1950s

Other

• Semaphore (programming), in computer science, a mechanism for supporting mutual exclusion in concurrent programs
• Semaphore (software), a continuous integration testing utility
• Semaphore, South Australia, a historic seaside suburb of Adelaide
• Semaphore railway line, Adelaide, a closed railway line in South Australia
• Semaphore Corporation (company), a software and publishing firm that operated from 1982 to 2017
• Semaphore (album), a 1998 album by Fridge
• "Semaphore" (song), a 2004 single by the New Zealand band Jakob
• Semaphore, fictional professor in Cubitus comic strips or Wowser cartoons

See also

• International maritime signal flags, one system of flag signals representing individual letters of the alphabet in signals to or from ships
• Semafor (website), news website
• Telegraphy, the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of written letters