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'''[[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]]
* [[Optical telegraph|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)|''Semaphore'' (album)]], a 1998 album by Fridge
* [[Semaphore (song)|"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

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