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