[ExI] meaning & symbols

[Gordon Swobe]

--- On Wed, 2/3/10, John Clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Broken down to its smallest component parts, a symbol is something that 
> consistently and systematically changes the state of the symbol reader.

Many things aside from symbols can consistently and systematically change the state of the symbol reader. 

This wikipedia definition seems better:

"A symbol is something such as an object, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention."

-gts