A signal is any variation of a medium that conveys information.

Signal or signaling may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Analog signal
  • Audio signal
  • Digital signal
  • Digital signal (signal processing)
  • Cell signaling, in biology
  • Signalling (economics), in economics theory
  • Signal processing, subfield of electrical engineering
  • Signalling theory, in evolutionary biology
  • Time signal

Computing

  • SIGNAL (programming language), a synchronous programming language
  • Signal (IPC), a form of inter-process communication used in Unix and related operating systems
  • C signal handling, a way for handling signals received by programs during their execution
  • A term in functional reactive programming

Communications

  • Military communications, often called "signals"
  • Signal corps, military branch responsible for military communications
  • Recognition signal in human, technical or biological communications
  • Signal (software), an end-to-end encrypted messaging application
  • Signal Protocol, a cryptographic protocol used by the Signal application
  • Signaling protocol to establish or tear down a connection, and to identify the state of the connection
  • Signaling (telecommunications), a part of some communication protocols
  • Smoke signal, an ancient form of communication
  • Telegraphic signal, in telegraphy

Communication for transport

  • International Code of Signals, a standard for sending signals by displaying flags
  • Maritime flag signalling, generally flaghoist signalling, by which ships communicate with each other
  • Naval flag signalling, covers various forms of flag signalling, such as semaphore or flaghoist
  • Railway signal
  • Traffic light (traffic signal)

Arts and entertainment

Books and magazines

  • Signal (magazine), a Wehrmacht propaganda magazine which was published in occupied Europe during World War II
  • SIGNAL (US magazine), publication of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
  • Signal, a New York Yiddish-language literary monthly published from 1933 to 1936 by the Communist Party USA
  • Signal (novel), a 2009 children's novel about a boy who helps a girl from another planet signal her parents

TV and movies

  • Signal (South Korean TV series), a 2016 South Korean police procedural TV series
  • Signal (Japanese TV series), a 2018 Japanese police procedural TV series based on the 2016 South Korean series of the same name
  • Signal, Wyoming, a fictional town from the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain
  • "Signals", a 2005 episode of the animated television series 12 oz. Mouse

Music

  • Signal (band), a Bulgarian rock band
  • Signal – The Southeast Electronic Music Festival, an annual music festival held in the US

Albums

  • Signal (album), a 2005 album by Casiopea
  • Signals (Mal Waldron album), 1971
  • Signals (Mallory Knox album), the début album of the Mallory Knox band
  • Signals (Rush album), 1982
  • Signals (Wayne Krantz album), 1990
  • Signals, an album by American band Devour the Day
  • Signal (EP), a 2017 extended play by South Korean girl group Twice

Songs

  • "Signal" (KAT-TUN song), a 2006 song by KAT-TUN
  • "Signal" (Twice song), a 2017 song by Twice
  • "Signals" (song), a 2021 song by Regard and Kwabs
  • "Signal", a song by General Degree
  • "Signal", a single by Stan Getz
  • "Signal", a song from the 2006 Bollywood film Bhagam Bhag
  • "Signal", a song by Sara Groves from the album Floodplain

Places

United States

  • Signal, Arizona, a ghost town
  • Signal, Missouri, a ghost town
  • Signal, Ohio, an unincorporated community

Organizations

  • Signal Foundation, a non-profit organization
  • Signal Entertainment Group, a South Korean company

Other uses

  • Signal (bridge), a permitted means of conveying information to partner through the play of cards in contract bridge
  • Citation signal, in law
  • Signal (toothpaste)
  • USS Signal, several US Navy ships

See also

  • Cignal, a satellite pay TV provider in the Philippines
  • Cignal TV, Philippine media and telecommunications company
  • Cygnal, an audio and video server
  • Digital signal (disambiguation)
  • Signaal, former name of the Dutch defense company Thales Nederland
  • Signal 1, a radio station
  • Signal 2, a radio station
  • The Signal (disambiguation)
  • Singal, a surname
  • Signal Mountain (disambiguation)
  • Virtue signalling, the conspicuous expression of moral values