Symbols are a central concept: the programmer uses symbols to name things, the linker uses symbols to link, and the debugger uses symbols to debug.
_Warning:_ `as' does not place symbols in the object file in the
same order they were declared. This may break some debuggers.
| Labels | Labels |
| Setting Symbols | Giving Symbols Other Values |
| Symbol Names | Symbol Names |
| Dot | The Special Dot Symbol |
| Symbol Attributes | Symbol Attributes |