Visualization

(computer science) The process of converting data into a geometric or graphic representation.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a mental image that is similar to a visual perception
  Synonyms: visual image, visualisation

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The term visualization or visualisation may refer to:

• Creative visualization
• Flow visualization
• Geovisualization
• Illustration
• Information graphics, visual representations of information, data, or knowledge
• Information visualization
• Interactive visualization
• Music visualization, a feature found in some media player software applications
• Scientific visualization
• Software visualization
• Visualization (computer graphics)
• Visulation

See also

• All pages with titles containing Visualization
• List of graphical methods
• Image
• Mental image, as with imagination
• Spatial visualization ability, the ability to mentally manipulate 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional figures
• Visual communication
• Visual perception
• Visual system
• Visual thinking

v • d • e Visualization of technical information Fields Biological data visualization Chemical imaging · Crime mapping · Data visualization · Educational visualization · Flow visualization · Geovisualization · Information visualization · Mathematical visualization · Medical imaging · Molecular graphics · Product visualization · Scientific visualization · Software visualization · Technical drawing · Volume visualization Image types Chart · Computer graphics · Diagram · Graph of a function · Engineering drawing  · Ideogram · Information graphics · Map · Photograph · Pictogram · Plot · Statistical graphics · Table · Technical illustration Experts Jacques Bertin · Stuart Card · Thomas A. DeFanti · Michael Friendly · Nigel Holmes · Alan MacEachren · Jock D. Mackinlay · Michael Maltz · Bruce H. McCormick · Charles Joseph Minard · Otto Neurath · William Playfair · Clifford A. Pickover · Arthur H. Robinson · Lawrence J. Rosenblum · Adolphe Quetelet · George G. Robertson · Ben Shneiderman · Edward Tufte Related topics Cartography · Computer graphics  · Graph drawing · Graphic design · Imaging science · Information science  · Mental visualisation · Neuroimaging · Scientific modelling · Spatial analysis · Visual analytics · Visual perception

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