Symbol (disambiguation)
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Symbol
s are objects, characters, or other representations of ideas, concepts, objects, or abstractions.
Symbol may also refer to:
Symbol
A symbol is something which represents an idea, a physical entity or a process but is distinct from it. The purpose of a symbol is to communicate meaning. For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for "STOP". On a map, a picture of a tent might represent a campsite. Numerals are symbols for...
s are objects, characters, or other representations of ideas, concepts, objects, or abstractions.
Symbol may also refer to:
Computer science
- Symbol (data), the smallest amount of data transmitted at a time in digital communications
- Debug symbolDebug symbolA debug symbol is information that expresses which programming-language constructs generated a specific piece of machine code in a given executable module. Sometimes the symbolic information is compiled together with the module's binary file, or distributed in separate file, or simply discarded...
, debugging information used to troubleshoot computer programs, analyze memory dumps - Symbol (programming), a primitive data type in many programming languages used to name variables and functions
Logic
- Symbol (formal)Symbol (formal)For other uses see Symbol In logic, symbols build literal utility to illustrate ideas. A symbol is an abstraction, tokens of which may be marks or a configuration of marks which form a particular pattern...
, a string, used in formal languages and formal systems - Symbol groundingSymbol groundingThe Symbol Grounding Problem is related to the problem of how words get their meanings, and hence to the problem of what meaning itself really is. The problem of meaning is in turn related to the problem of consciousness, or how it is that mental states are meaningful...
, the problem of how symbols acquire meaning
Music
- Symbol RecordsSymbol RecordsSymbol Records is an independent record label for jazz that promotes artistic integrity and creativity. It provides an outlet for artistic freedom and encourages new music recorded at the highest standards possible....
, a record label - Symbols (album)Symbols (album)The tenth KMFDM album is titled with a string of five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols , but usually cataloged as Symbols. Another title used on the KMFDM website, circa 2001 was Anger...
, 1997 album from the industrial rock band KMFDM - Symbol (album), 2005 album by Japanese electronica musician Susumu Yokota
- Symbols (band)Symbols (band)Symbols, originally Symbols of Time, is a brazilian heavy-metal band which began in 1997 and is still active nowadays. It had the remarkable fact of the Falaschi brothers singing together....
, a Brazilian heavy metal band - Symbol (choir)Symbol (choir)The Symbol is a choir in Romania that links to the great choir of the patriarchy of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Its headquarters are in the basement or the patriarchal palace in the choir room named after the mentor of the choir Nicolae Lungu....
, the name of a choir in Romania
Theology
- Symbol of Nicea or Nicene CreedNicene CreedThe Nicene Creed is the creed or profession of faith that is most widely used in Christian liturgy. It is called Nicene because, in its original form, it was adopted in the city of Nicaea by the first ecumenical council, which met there in the year 325.The Nicene Creed has been normative to the...
- Symbol (liturgical theology)Symbol (liturgical theology)Symbol from Greek language sunbolon that means a seal, signet ring, legal bond or warrant. From sunballein, to throw together, compare...
, in contrast to a sign, and relevant to liturgy
Other uses
- Symbol TechnologiesSymbol TechnologiesSymbol Technologies is a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of mobile data capture and delivery equipment. The company specializes in barcode scanners, mobile computers, RFID systems and Wireless LAN infrastructure. Symbol Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola, and headquartered in...
, an AIDC company based in Holtsville, New York, United States - Symbol (typeface)Symbol (typeface)Symbol is one of the four standard fonts available on all PostScript-based printers, starting with Apple's original LaserWriter . It contains a complete unaccented Greek alphabet and a selection of commonly used mathematical symbols...
, a font designed by Aldo Novarese (1982), one of the four standard PostScript fonts - Casablanca Conference (1943)Casablanca Conference (1943)The Casablanca Conference was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, then a French protectorate, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the European strategy of the Allies during World War II. Present were Franklin D...
, codenamed SYMBOL - SimbolulSimbolulSimbolul was a Romanian literary and art magazine, published in Bucharest between October and December 1912. Co-founded by writers Tristan Tzara and Ion Vinea, together with visual artist Marcel Janco, while they were all high school students, the journal was a late representative of international...
, a Romanian literary magazine - Symbol (film)Symbol (Film)Symbol is a 2009 Japanese film directed by and starring Hitoshi Matsumoto. It was nominated for the Asian Film Awards in the categories of Best Actor and Best Visual Effects. It has not received a U.S. release.- Story :...
, a movie by Hitoshi Matsumoto
See also
- Symbolic (disambiguation)Symbolic (disambiguation)Symbolic may refer to:* Symbolic , an album by the band Death* Symbolic , an album by the band Voodoo Glow Skulls* Symbolic logic, the use of symbols for logical operations in logic and mathematics...
- Symbolism (disambiguation)Symbolism (disambiguation)Symbolism is the applied use of symbols. It is a representation that carries a particular meaning. It is a device in literature where an object represents an idea.A symbol is an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself....
- CymbalCymbalCymbals are a common percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture. The greater majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a...
- SemeioticSemeioticSemeiotic is a spelling variant of a word used by Charles Sanders Peirce, likewise as "Semiotic," "Semiotics", and "Semeotic", to refer to his philosophical logic, which he cast as the study of signs, or semiotic. Some, not all, Peircean scholars have used "semeiotic" to refer to distinctly...
- SemioticsSemioticsSemiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...
- PunctuationPunctuationPunctuation marks are symbols that indicate the structure and organization of written language, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud.In written English, punctuation is vital to disambiguate the meaning of sentences...
, symbols that indicate the structure and organization of written language