Symbol (disambiguation)

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

Symbol may also refer to:

Computing

• 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
• Symbol rate, the number of symbols transmitted per second

Logic

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

Music

• Symbol (album), 2005 album by Japanese electronica musician Susumu Yokota
• Symbols (album), 1997 album from the industrial rock band KMFDM
• Symbols (band), a Brazilian heavy metal band
• Symbol (choir), the name of a choir in Romania
• Symbol Records, a record label, part of Sue Records

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

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 (mathematics), various meanings used in mathematics
• Symbol (number theory), various generalizations of the Legendre symbol
• Symbol (semiotics), a sign that signifies through arbitrary social convention
• Symbol (metric system), a representation of a metric unit independent of language
• Symbol, Kentucky
• 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
• Semeiotic, the study of signs and sign processes (variant spelling)
• Semiotics, the study of signs and sign processes
• List of mathematical symbols
• Punctuation, symbols that indicate the structure and organization of written language