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

  • Symbol (film), a movie by Hitoshi Matsumoto
  • Symbol (TV series), a TV series that aired on Disney Channel from 1984 to 1991

Logic

Music

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

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