What is Symbology?

symbology

/sĭm-bŏl′ə-jē/

noun

1. The study or interpretation of symbols or symbolism.
2. The use of symbols.

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From Wikipedia:

Symbology concerns the study of symbols.

Symbology may also refer to:

• Semiotics, study of signs and symbols
• Barcode symbology, a term used to denote a type of barcode mapping representation.
• Symbol (programming)
• Symbolic anthropology, diverse set of approaches within cultural anthropology that view culture as a symbolic system that arises primarily from human interpretations of the world
• Symbolic system, used in the field of anthropology, sociology, and psychology to refer to a system of interconnected symbolic meanings
• Symbolism (disambiguation), use of symbols to represent ideas and emotions
• Iconography, branch of art history which studies images
• Military symbology, APP-6A, Military Symbols for Land Based Systems, NATO standardization agreement

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Symbology_(disambiguation)

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From Wiktionary:

English

Etymology

From symbol +‎ -ology, with (haplology) of -olol- to -ol.

Noun

symbology (countable and uncountable, plural symbologies)

1. (uncountable) The study or use of symbols.
2. (countable) An encoding scheme, particularly for barcodes.

Derived terms

• symbological

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