Assertion: semaphore | /r/HasProperty | simple
Facets:
value: in analogy with flag semaphore
type: OTHER
value: for signalling
type: PURPOSE
value: for inter process communication
type: PURPOSE
value: really
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Declaring a Semaphore is simple:
text: Semaphores are a really simple concept, invented by the famous Dutch computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra.
text: In analogy with Flag Semaphore a Semaphore in programming is a simple mechanism for inter process communication, or signalling.
text: A personal view is that a semaphore is just the simplest implementation which does the job and employs 'atomic' or 'atomicised' instructions.
text: Thus semaphore is a simple yet powerful mechanism to ensure mutual exclusion among concurrent processes.