semaphore
-
- Senior Lexiterian
- Posts: 611
- Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:14 pm
semaphore
I love that this word was not discarded from an era when long distance meant using flags for signals. It is still used in computer science today. Even more precious is that it comes from the Greek for signal bearer.
William A. Hupy
- Slava
- Great Grand Panjandrum
- Posts: 8099
- Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:31 am
- Location: Finger Lakes, NY
Re: semaphore
Just being weird here, but what's a sema for? Is it related to a meta?
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
Return to “Good Word Suggestions”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Amazon [Bot] and 39 guests