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The term "ansible" was coined by Ursula K. Le Guin in her 1966 novel Rocannon's World, [4] and refers to fictional instantaneous communication systems.[5] [6]The Ansible tool was developed by Michael DeHaan, the author of the provisioning server application Cobbler and co-author of the Fedora Unified Network Controller (Func) framework for remote administration.
Semaphore is a hosted continuous integration and deployment service used for testing and deploying software projects hosted on GitHub and BitBucket. [1]While open source projects can use Semaphore for free in its full capacity, free use for private projects is limited to 100 builds per month (Semaphore Classic) or $20 of service every month (Semaphore 2.0).
Linux Mint 2.0 'Barbara' was the first version to use Ubuntu as its codebase and its GNOME interface. It had few users until the release of Linux Mint 3.0, 'Cassandra'. [14] [15] Linux Mint 2.0 was based on Ubuntu 6.10, [citation needed] using Ubuntu's package repositories and using it as a codebase. It then followed its own codebase, building ...
Semaphore Corporation [1] was a company notable for being the first to provide public access to selected U.S. Postal Service databases, [2] and for its early computer publications in the 1980s. Founded in January 1982, the company operated for 35 years through September 2017.
Peppermint's namesake is Linux Mint. [15] The developers originally wanted to make use of configuration and utilities sourced from Linux Mint coupled with an environment that was less demanding on resources and more focused on web integration. They felt that the concept was a "spicier" version of Mint, so the name Peppermint was a natural fit. [7]
In computer science, a semaphore is a variable or abstract data type used to control access to a common resource by multiple threads and avoid critical section problems in a concurrent system such as a multitasking operating system. Semaphores are a type of synchronization primitive. A trivial semaphore is a plain variable that is changed (for ...
Semaphore is the use of an apparatus with telegraphy to create a visual signal transmitted over long-distances.. It may refer more specifically to: Flag semaphore; Semaphore telegraph, a system of long-distance communication based on towers with moving arms
Semaphore (lit. ' apparatus for signalling '; from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma) 'mark, sign, token' and Greek -φόρος (-phóros) 'bearer, carrier') [1] is the use of an apparatus to create a visual signal transmitted over distance. [2] [3] A semaphore can be performed with devices including: fire, lights, flags, sunlight, and moving arms.