A concept, idea, or word used to represent, typify, or stand in for a broader set of ideas.
A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object.
A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.
An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
To symbolize.