Symbolic dynamics partitions phase space into regions (here: L if x < 0.5, R if x ≥ 0.5) and encodes each orbit as a binary sequence. The resulting symbol sequences carry full topological information about the chaotic attractor. The logistic map x→rx(1−x) becomes fully chaotic at r=4, where it's topologically conjugate to the tent map. Every periodic symbol sequence corresponds to a periodic orbit; aperiodic sequences encode chaos.