Symbol (disambiguation)

A symbol is something that represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity.

Symbol may also refer to:

Computing
  • Symbol (computing), a data structure used by a language translator
  • Symbol (data), the smallest amount of data transmitted at a time in digital communications
  • Symbol (programming), a primitive data type in many programming languages used to name variables and functions
  • Symbol (typeface), a font designed by Aldo Novarese (1982), one of the four standard PostScript fonts
  • Debug symbol, debugging information used to troubleshoot computer programs, analyze memory dumps
  • Unicode character, symbols which can be represented and displayed with standard code numbers

Film and television

Logic
  • Symbol (formal), a string, used in formal languages and formal systems
  • Symbol grounding, the problem of how symbols acquire meaning

Music
  • Symbol (album), a 2005 album by Japanese electronica musician Susumu Yokota
  • Symbol (Prince album), unofficial name for his 1992 album
  • Symbols (album), a 1997 album from the industrial rock band KMFDM
  • Symbol (choir), a choir in Romania
  • The Symbol (album), a 2007 album by Japanese girl group Shanadoo
  • The Symbols, an English pop music band
  • Symbol Records, a record label, part of Sue Records

Theology
  • Symbol (liturgical theology), in contrast to a sign, and relevant to liturgy
  • Creed, a statement of shared beliefs of a religious community
    • Nicene Creed or Symbolum Nicaenum, the profession of faith or creed that is most widely used in Christian liturgy

Other uses
  • Symbol (chemistry), an abbreviation that identifies a chemical element
  • Symbol (semiotics), a sign that signifies through arbitrary social convention
  • Symbol (mathematics)
  • Symbol (metric system), a representation of a metric unit independent of language
  • Symbol (number theory), various generalizations of the Legendre symbol
  • Symbol, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States
  • Casablanca Conference codenamed SYMBOL, the conference to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II
  • Symbol Technologies, an AIDC company based in Holtsville, New York, United States

See also
  • Simbolul, a Romanian literary magazine
  • Symbolic (disambiguation)
  • Symbolism (disambiguation)
  • Cymbal, round metal plates used as percussion instruments
  • List of symbols
  • All pages with titles containing symbol
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