Icelandic

Noun

veif f ‎(genitive singular veifar, nominative plural veifar)

1. (computing) a semaphore; (bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time, or to synchronize and coordinate events in different processes)

Related terms

• stöðuvísir, stöðuveifa, veifa (computing; a flag)