Symbolic Representation (other)

Symbolic may refer to:

* Symbol, something that represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity

Mathematics, logic, and computing

* Symbolic computation, a scientific area concerned with computing with mathematical formulas
* Symbolic dynamics, a method for modeling dynamical systems by a discrete space consisting of infinite sequences of abstract symbols
* Symbolic execution, the analysis of computer programs by tracking symbolic rather than actual values
* Symbolic link, a special type of file in a computer memory storage system
* Symbolic logic, the use of symbols for logical operations in logic and mathematics

Music

* Symbolic (Death album), ''Symbolic'' (Death album), a 1995 album by the band Death
* Symbolic (Voodoo Glow Skulls album), ''Symbolic'' (Voodoo Glow Skulls album), a 2000 album by the band Voodoo Glow Skulls

Social sciences

* Symbolic anthropology, the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be interpreted to better understand a particular society
* Symbolic capital, the resources available to an individual on the basis of honor, prestige or recognition in sociology and anthropology
* Symbolic interaction, a system of interaction in sociology
* Symbolic system, a structured system of symbols in anthropology, sociology and psychology
* The Symbolic or Symbolic Order, Jacques Lacan's attempt to contrast with The Imaginary and The Real in psychoanalysis

See also

* Symbol (disambiguation)
* Symbolism (disambiguation)
* Symbolic representation (disambiguation)

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