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Hi Guys,

What is actual meaning of the term symbol in the context of computer programming or computer science. E.g sometimes one gets compile error like "Undefined external symbol main", and it is also said that the nm command in linux list symbols from object files.
Sep 25 '07 #1
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For the compiler, any name used to identify coding constructs (such as a variable, function, structure, enumeration, constant, class, method, property, and so on) and memory locations within an application.
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As human beings, we attach names to various things. We attach names to variables, functions, and so on. The technically accurate term for all of them is symbols, when referring to them like the above definition does.
Sep 26 '07 #2

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