Symbolic
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Symbolic may refer to:
Music
- Symbolic (Death album), a 1995 album by the band Death
- Symbolic (Voodoo Glow Skulls album), a 2000 album by the band Voodoo Glow Skulls
Mathematics, logic, and computer science
- Symbolic computation, another name for computer algebra, 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
Social sciences
- Symbolic anthropology, the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be interpreted to better understand a particular society
- Symbolic capital in sociology and anthropology, the resources available to an individual on the basis of honor, prestige or recognition
- 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 in psychoanalysis, Jacques Lacan's attempt to contrast with The Imaginary and The Real
See also
- Symbol (disambiguation)
- Symbolism (disambiguation)
- Symbolic representation (disambiguation)