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Cypherquest (talk | contribs) Symbolic language is a term used in engineering, but the definition is often assumed rather than explicitly stated. Symbolic language in engineering is different from the more metaphorical symbolic language in art and literature, and is equally distinct from symbolic language in CS. It's perhaps closer 'symbolic language' in math, but again has a unique history and means something different. Common examples include the common symbolic languages used in P&IDs and computer/network diagrams. |
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Engineering symbolic language may be used for the [[Specification (technical standard)|specification]], [[Engineering design process|design]], [[implementation]], [[management]], operation, and execution of engineered [[systems]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/lmi-nasa/|title=Advanced Engineering Language, Symbols, and Visualizations for Complex and Increasingly Autonomous SystemsCenter for Social Complexity|last=Provost|first=Office of the|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>
[[Communication]] using [[precision|precise]], [[concision|concise]] representations of concepts is critical in engineering.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=DIXON|first=JOHN R.|date=1962|title=SYMBOLS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42573965|journal=ETC: A Review of General Semantics|volume=19|issue=3|pages=269–272|issn=0014-164X}}</ref> The Nuclear Principles in Engineering book begins with a quote on symbolic language from Erich Fromm and its power to express and depict associations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1185032W/The_forgotten_language|title=The forgotten language {{!}} Open Library|last=OpenLibrary.org|website=Open Library|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VmXZF1lKIBgC|title=Nuclear Principles in Engineering|last=Jevremovic|first=Tatjana|date=2008-12-15|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9780387856070|language=en}}</ref> The engineering employs symbolic language in a way that is not purely text-based and not purely image-based to [[representation|represent]] and communicate knowledge.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-9yu7ubSykC|title=Model Driven Engineering and Ontology Development|last=Gaševic|first=Dragan|last2=Djuric|first2=Dragan|last3=Devedžic|first3=Vladan|date=2009-06-12|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783642002823|language=en}}</ref> Examples of the application of symbolic language in [[chemical engineering]] includes [[Process flow diagram|process flow diagrams]] and [[Computer network diagram|network diagrams]] for computing in [[electrical engineering]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.conceptdraw.com/examples/engineer-drawing-symbols|title=Chemical and Process Engineering, Engineer Drawing Symbols, Design elements, Dimensioning and Tolerancing|website=https://www.conceptdraw.com|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Waldring|first=Ségio|date=2009-05-01|title=Standard Network Diagramming Language and Corresponding Meta-Model|url=https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/666|journal=Georgia Southern University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789028627819|title=Design Methodologies for [[VLSI]] Circuits|date=1982|publisher=Springer Netherlands|isbn=9789028627819|editor-last=Jespers|editor-first=P.|series=Nato Science Series E:|language=en|editor-last2=Sequin|editor-first2=C. H.|editor-last3=Wiele|editor-first3=F. van de}}</ref>
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