Wait and Signal的意思|示意

Our orders were to herd them here and wait for his signal.

一种电热调节器能把温度转化为连续的电信号。

Powerwait: Only execute the command if init receives a power fail signal, and wait until the process terminates before continuing to scan the inittab file.

powerwait：只在init收到电源故障信号时执行命令，并且等待进程终止后再继续扫描inittab文件。

What we usually want is a work queue combined with a fixed group of worker threads, which USES wait and notify to signal waiting threads that new work has arrived.

我们通常想要的是同一组固定的工作线程相结合的工作队列，它使用wait和notify来通知等待线程新的工作已经到达了。

First of all, Ethernet stations check to see if the ether is idle (carrier sense) and wait if they sense a signal.

首先是“载波感测”。以太网站先检查“以太”是否空载，如果检测到信号了就排队等候自己的发送机会。

As attendants wait the signal to unlock and roll back the steel, passengers chomp a little bit. It's a mad dash once the gate is open.

检票员等待着信号准备开锁，收铁门，放行，乘客们咬着牙、卯足劲，因为一旦门开，就是疯狂的冲锋。

Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.

任何在晚上沿著乡间道路开车的驾驶人，每英里就要停下车来施放火箭信号、等待10分钟让路上的家畜被清空后继续驾车前进。