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Signal, signals, signaling, or signalling may refer to:

[edit] Scientific concepts

  • Signal (electrical engineering), a physical quantity that can carry information.
  • Signal processing, the field of techniques used to extract information from signals
  • Cell signaling, in biology, the system of communication that governs basic cellular activities and coordinates cell actions
  • Signal (biology), an electrochemical communication activity in an organism
  • Two theories in different disciplines of "honest signalling" when deception may be incentivized:
    • Signalling theory in evolutionary biology, a theory stating how organisms signal their state to others with respect to evolutionary survival and reproductive fitness
    • Signalling (economics), how market actors can signal their intentions and values to others in economics
  • Signalling game, signalling theories in evolutionary biology and economics expressed in terms of game theory

[edit] Computing

[edit] Communications

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[edit] Ships

  • USS Signal, the name of more than one United States Navy ship

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