The graphic representation of data, patterns within data, or knowledge based on analysis of data patterns.

Creating a visual representation of something that is static to enable the information to be better understood.

A technique used to illustrate information objects and their relationships on a display. Strategic visualization graphically illustrates the strength of relationships by the proximity of objects on the display. Advanced technology can make a significant difference in users' ability to interface to large knowledge repositories. These advances use the distance between objects on the display to reflect the similarity of meaning, similarity of content or other relationships (such as association with a group).

Graphics and visualization technologies consist of the software and hardware which permits effortless generation of fast, high quality graphic images from data.

Visualization tools graphically display data to facilitate better understanding of its meaning. Graphical capabilities range from simple scatter plots to complex multi-dimensional representations.

Graphic representation of abstract data usually relayed in text and numbers.

The processes whereby graphical information may be perceived, i.e. any one map be interpreted differently by any two people in accordance with their inherent perceptual capabilities.

In Windows Media Player, a graphical display that changes in response to the audio signal.

Use of computer graphics to make visible numeric or other quantifiable relationships.

An external representation that makes it easy to see certain patterns in data. In the context of information systems, a visualizer is typically a computer program that presents data according to a particular pataern.

In the broadest sense, visualization is the art or science of transforming information to a form "comprehensible" by the sense of sight. Visualization is broadly associated with graphical display in the form of pictures (printed or photo), workstation displays, or video.

(n.) A method for creating graphical models to represent complex (typically scientific) data. See also volume rendering.