Sign\n\n\n\n\n\n Sign can denote any of the following:\n* Within a writing system, a sign is a basic unit. Similar terms which are more specific are character, letter or grapheme.\n* Signs are the basic units of semiotics, which is the systematic study of signs.\n* In linguistics, Ferdinand de Saussure described a sign as a combination of a concept and a sound-image.\n* In medicine, a sign is objective evidence of the presence of a disease or disorder, as opposed to a symptom, which is subjective.\n* In computing, the digits where one bit among them tells the number is either negative or non-negative are called signed, otherwise unsigned.\n* In mathematics, the sign of a number refers to whether it is negative or positive.\n* On (the side of) roads there are traffic signs to instruct drivers. In most parts of the world these include stop signs, speed limit signs, cross walk signs, and others. \n* In Astrology sign is often used to mean the Sun sign.\n*In communication sign or signing refers to communicating via hand gestures, such as sign language.See also |
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