Definition of signal. Meaning of signal. Synonyms of signal

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Definition of signal

Signal
Signal Sig"nal, n. [F., fr. LL. signale, fr. L. signum. See Sign, n.] 1. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action. All obeyed The wonted signal and superior voice Of this great potentate. --Milton. 2. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign. The weary sun . . . Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow. --Shak. There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen. --De Foc.
Signal
Signal Sig"nal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signaled or Signalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Signaling or Signalling.] 1. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders. 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold.

Meaning of signal from wikipedia

- signal, signals, signaling, or signalling may refer to: transportation : traffic light railway signal communications : beacon distress signal
- a signal as referred to in communication systems , signal processing , and electrical engineering 'is a function that conveys information
- a signal is a mechanical or electrical device erected beside a railway line to pass information relating to the state of the line ahead to
- in telecommunication , signaling (or signalling in british english ) has the following meanings: the use of signal s for controlling
- signal processing is an area of systems engineering , electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or
- traffic lights, also known as traffic signals, traffic lamps, signal lights, robots in south africa and, in the past, semaphores are
- signals intelligence (often contracted to sigint) is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals , whether between people
- the united states army signal corps develops, tests, provides, and manages communications and information systems support for the command
- an analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature (variable) of the signal is a representation of
- a signal is a limited form of inter-process communication used in unix , unix-like , and other posix -compliant operating systems.