page_title: Sign
section_title: Types
hierarchical_section_title: Sign / Types
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Teken in Durban wat sê die strand is net vir witmense kragtens artikel 37 van die Durbanese strandverordeninge. Die tale is Engels, Afrikaans en Zoeloe, die taal van die swart bevolkingsgroep in die Durban gebied. Deutsch: Schild in Durban, welches besagt, dass der Strand gemäß Artikel 37 der Strandverordnung Durbans nur für Weiße zugänglich ist. Die Sprachen sind Englisch, Afrikaans und Zulu, die Sprache der schwarzen Bevölkerung im Großraum Durban. English: Sign in Durban that states the beach is for whites only under section 37 of the Durban beach by-laws. The languages are English, Afrikaans and Zulu, the language of the black population group in the Durban area. Français&#160;: Pancarte à Durban expliquant que la place est uniquement réservée aux blancs conformément à l'article 37 de l'arrêté de Durban sur la plage. Les langues exposées sont l'anglais, l'afrikaans et le zoulou, la langue de la population noire habitant en zone de Durban.
context_page_description: A sign is an object, quality, event, or entity whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else. A natural sign bears a causal relation to its object—for instance, thunder is a sign of storm, or medical symptoms a sign of disease. A conventional sign signifies by agreement, as a full stop signifies the end of a sentence; similarly the words and expressions of a language, as well as bodily gestures, can be regarded as signs, expressing particular meanings. The physical objects most commonly referred to as signs generally inform or instruct using written text, symbols, pictures or a combination of these.
  The philosophical study of signs and symbols is called semiotics; this includes the study of semiosis, which is the way in which signs operate.
context_section_description: The word sign has a variety of meanings in English, including:
  Sun signs in astrology
  Sign or signing, in communication: communicating via hand gestures, such as in sign language.
  Gang signal
  Sign, in Tracking (hunting): also known as Spoor (animal); trace evidence left on the ground after passage.
  A signboard.
  A sign, in common use, is an indication that a previously observed event is about to occur again
  Sign, in divination and religion: an omen, an event or occurrence believed to foretell the future
  Sign, in ontology and spirituality: a coincidence or surprising event thought to reveal divine will; see synchronicity
  Sign (linguistics): a combination of a concept and a sound-image described by Ferdinand de Saussure
  In mathematics, the sign of a number tells whether it is positive or negative. Also, the sign of a permutation tells whether it is the product of an even or odd number of transpositions.
  Signedness, in computing, is the property that a representation of a number has one bit, the sign bit, which denotes whether the number is non-negative or negative.  A number is called signed if it contains a sign bit, otherwise unsigned. See also signed number representation
  Sign, in biology: an indication of some living thing's presence
  Medical sign, in medicine: objective evidence of the presence of a disease or disorder, as opposed to a symptom, which is subjective
  Sign (semiotics): the basic unit of meaning
  Information sign: a notice that instructs, advises, informs or warns people
  Traffic sign: a sign that instructs drivers; see also stop sign, speed limit sign, cross walk sign
  Sign, in a writing system: a basic unit. Similar terms which are more specific are character, letter or grapheme
  Commercial signage, including flashing signs, such as on a retail store, factory, or theatre
  Signature, in history: a handwritten depiction observed on a document to show authorship and will
  For marketing or advocacy purposes, a signage refers to the collective use of signs to convey a message.
caption: A signboard on a beach in Durban in apartheid-era South Africa indicates a racially segregated beach.
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