semaphores

n.

臂板信号系统，（铁道）臂板信号装置( semaphore的名词复数 )；

v.

发出信号，打旗语( semaphore的第三人称单数 )；

1. The specified system semaphore name was not found.
   找不到指定的系统信号灯名称。
2. 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。

Efficient mechanism for preventing starvation in counting semaphores
Run-time detection of potential deadlocks for programs with locks, semaphores, and condition variables
Detecting Race Conditions in Parallel Programs that Use Semaphores
An efficient solution to the mutual exclusion problem using weak semaphores ☆
Low contention semaphores and ready lists
Limitations of Dijkstra's Semaphore Primitives and Petri nets
Permission accounting in separation logic
Synchronization, coherence, and event ordering in multiprocessors
The structure of the ’THE’-multiprogramming system
An overview of the SR language and implementation