Signal
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Signal, signals or signalling may refer to:
Scientific concepts
- Signal (electrical engineering), a varying quantity that can carry information
- Signal processing, the field of techniques used to extract information from signals
- Signal (computing), an event, message, or data structure transmitted between computational processes
- Signals (biology), electrochemical activity in an organism
Communications
- traffic signals in various kinds of transport:
- * railway signal
- *Semaphore (communication)
- *Beacon
- *International maritime signal flags, using the International Code of Signals
- signals (military), a historical name for the military communications
- Signalling theory in biology, how organisms signal their state to others
- Distress signal
- Smoke signal (See also )
- Signalling (telecommunications), a part of some communication protocols
Names
- Signal (band), a Bulgarian rock band
- Signals (Scottish Indie Band)
- Signals (album), an album by progressive rock band Rush
- Signal (magazine)
- Signal (toothpaste)
- Signal 1 and Signal 2 radio stations
- Signal (subscription service), service that provided real-time stock quotes
- Signaal (now Thales Nederland), a Netherlands based defence company
Other
- Any implicit, subtle, or disguised message, in situations such as:
- * Partnership card games (see signal (bridge))
- * Signaling (economics)
- Signals and slots, a software design pattern
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