# debug symbol

> special kind of symbol that attaches additional information to the symbol table of an object file, such as a shared library or an executable, allowing a symbolic debugger to gain access to information from the source code of the binary

**Wikidata**: [Q1181673](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1181673)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debug_symbol)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/debug-symbol


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013