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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 44 , Issue 8 (August 2001) table of contents

Pages: 31 - 37

Year of Publication: 2001

ISSN:0001-0782

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Nahum Gershon	MITRE Corp., McLean, VA
Ward Page	Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, Arlington, VA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
H. Information Systems
H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

J. Computer Applications
J.5 ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Subjects: Literature

General Terms:
Design

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Information visualization uses visual elements, text, and the human ability to fill in the blanks to represent complex information. Rather than represent data in a simple, logical context—e.g., a list, a graph, or a table—informati more...

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