A symbol is something that represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity.
Symbol may also refer to:
Computing Identifier (computer languages), 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
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
See also Simbolul, a Romanian literary magazine Symbolic (disambiguation) Symbolism (disambiguation) Cymbal, round metal plates used as percussion instruments List of symbols