Symbol (disambiguation)
# 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

* 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

* 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
* Ticker symbol, an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock
* Symbol Technologies, an AIDC company based in Holtsville, New York, United States
* Casablanca Conference codenamed SYMBOL, the conference to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II
