An authoritative server indicates its status of supplying definitive answers, deemed authoritative, by setting a software flag ( a protocol structure bit ), called the Authoritative Answer ( AA ) bit in its responses.

As a consequence, the trend is towards not providing arbitrary timeouts, but only a flag which indicates that the IPC should fail immediately if the partner is not ready.

** Parity flag in computing, indicates if the number of set bits is odd or even in the binary representation of the result of the last operation

A simple yellow flag ( contagion ) | yellow flag ( also called the " Yellow Jack ") had historically been used to signal quarantine ( it stands for Q among signal flags ), but now indicates the opposite, as a signal of a ship free of disease that requests boarding and inspection.

The plain yellow flag (" Quebec " or Q in international maritime signal flags ), probably derives its letter symbol for its initial use in quarantine, but this flag in modern times indicates the opposite — a ship that declares itself free of quarantinable disease, and requests boarding and routine port inspection.

Some countries have a special flag worn by recreational boats or ships that indicates the nationality of the vessel.

This is done by the use of two flags, flag and flag, which indicate an intention to enter the critical section and a turn variable which indicates who has priority between the two processes.

The flag is used to perform high-level data link synchronization which indicates the beginning and end of the frame with the unique pattern 01111110.

For example, the U flag indicates that an IP route is up.

It is also prohibited to fire at a person or vehicle bearing a white flag, since that indicates an intent to surrender or a desire to communicate.

A transition of the flag bit from 0 to 1 indicates the start of a packet.

The wording of the 1674 proclamation indicates that the flag was customarily being used by English merchantmen before that date.

Convention is usually for the bus to draw level with the ' flag ', although in areas of mixed front and rear entrance buses, such as London, a head stop, and more rarely a tail stop, indicates to the driver whether they should stop the bus with either the rear platform or the drivers cab level with the flag.

Another version indicates that the lower part is inspired on the flag that King Ferdinand III of Castile carried in the conquest of Seville in 1248.

There is also a TIMER flag that indicates that there is no valid PDC and that the VCR should use its own timer.

The United Tribes flag design also features on the back of the Second Boer War medals presented to soldiers who served in the war, which indicates that the United Tribes flag was used widely in New Zealand until around this time.

The International maritime signal flags | Blue Peter nautical flag indicates that a vessel is " outward bound ".

The flag indicates that the Governor General is in residence.

A flag value of true indicates that the process wants to enter the critical section.

National flag designs are often used to signify nationality in other forms, such as flag patches.

Around 1500 it became the custom for ships to fly the flag of their home country to identify their nationality.

As the national flag it is the Saltire, rather than the Royal Standard of Scotland, which is the correct flag for all individuals and corporate bodies to fly in order to demonstrate both their loyalty and Scottish nationality.

The MTV2 dog logo now remains a constant color throughout the weekdays ( black on gold / yellow ), turning black and white on Saturdays, a light and dark blue on Sundays, and the occasional nationality flag when Wildboyz comes on.

The American flag at the head of the caravan told of the nationality of the stranger.

Seaga who was born in the Evangeline Boothe Memorial Salvation Army Hospital in Boston while his parents were in the U. S. A., enjoyed dual nationality but he made the momentous decision in 1959 to formally relinquish his American citizenship so that he could serve “ one flag ” alone.

Whilst some Australians view the Eureka Flag as a symbol of nationality ( see Australian flag debate ), it is more often employed by historical societies and re-enactors and by political radicals as a general purpose symbol of protest for a wide variety of anti-establishment non-conformist causes.

: 1: Ensign, the principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate her nationality.

Every vessel of whatever nationality, which shall submit to be searched by an English vessel or shall consent to a voyage to England or shall pay any tax whatever to the English government, is ipso facto declared denationalized, loses the protection afforded by its flag, and becomes English property.

* Original Item: Regime of the high seas-Decision: the commission determined that every ship on the high seas must have only one nationality flag for identification purposes.

Australian warships used the national flag as an ensign until the formal creation of the RAN from the Commonwealth Naval Forces on 10 July 1911: ships were ordered to fly the British ensign, while the Australian flag was used as a jack to identify their nationality.

The jack of the United States is a maritime flag representing United States nationality flown on the jackstaff in the bow of its vessels.

France presented a number of historical examples to demonstrate that the state of nationality or the state whose flag the ship had flown had exclusive jurisdiction in cases such as this.

From 2006 the font was changed again to improve legibility, and space was provided for a blue nationality stripe with a Norwegian flag.

Past it I could see part part of a desk, a flag in a corner, a rug on the floor.

She would often go up on the roof to see the attendant take down the flag in the evening.

The figure leapt from the box, almost lost its balance, the flag draped there tore in the air, the figure landed on its left leg, fell on its hands, and pressed itself up.

The deposit of rupees to the account of the Government of the United States of America in payment for the commodities and for ocean transportation costs financed by the Government of the United States of America ( except excess costs resulting from the requirement that United States flag vessels be used ) shall be made at the rate of exchange for United States dollars generally applicable to import transactions ( excluding imports granted a preferential rate ) in effect on the dates of dollar disbursement by United States banks, or by the Government of the United States of America, as provided in the purchase authorizations.

Then she catapults into `` everything and everybody '', putting particular violence on `` everybody '', indicating to the linguist that this is a spot to flag -- that is, it is not congruent to the patient's general style of speech up to this point.

When the North enthusiastically rallied behind the national flag after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Lincoln concentrated on the military and political dimensions of the war effort.

The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.

John Young salutes the Lunar Flag Assembly | American flag on the lunar surface.

The Silver Sands are located on the East side of the village, and are one of Scotland's seven " Blue flag " awarded beaches, which denotes an exemplary standard of cleanliness, facilities, safety, environmental education and management.

Microprocessors such as the Intel 8008, the direct predecessor of the 8080 and the 8086, used in early personal computers, could also perform a small number of operations on four bits, such as the DAA ( Decimal Add Adjust ) instruction, and the auxiliary carry ( AC / NA ) flag, which were used to implement decimal arithmetic routines.

Herald photographer Stanley Forman received two Pulitzer Prizes consecutively in 1976 and 1977, the first being a dramatic shot of a young child falling in mid-air from her mother's arms on the upper stories of a burning apartment building to the waiting arms of firefighters below, and the latter ( known as " The soiling of Old Glory ") being of Ted Landsmark, an African American city official, being beaten with an American flag during Boston's school busing crisis.

The ships are firing on eight ships flying the British flag that are steadily approaching them from the right of the picture.

A black Gl and a Chinese soldier place the flag of their ally on the front of their jeep, truck convoy on the Stilwell Road, Burma, 1945

Hanging on the western wall is Queen Victoria's burial flag, given to the college soon after her death.

U-27 was lying off Nicosians port quarter and firing into it when Baralong appeared on the scene, flying the ensign of the United States as a false flag.

U-41 was in the process of sinking SS Urbino with gunfire when Baralong arrived on the scene, flying an American flag.

This dispute undermines the debate about the abuse of a neutral flag and the British captain's order to attack the German survivors, on the grounds of protecting the freighter and her cargo, which could always be alleged.

In his account he described how “ on one side there was a wooden stage with two streamers – Hatuey beer and Bacardí rum – on each end and a Cuban flag in the middle.

Mural by Bogside Artists on Free Derry Corner depicting Edward Daly ( bishop ) | Father Daly waving a White flag | white handkerchief while trying to escort the mortally wounded Jackie Duddy to safety.

On November 24, 1897, French naval authorities found three Americans on Clipperton working for the American Guano Company, who had raised the American flag on the island.