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Encyclopedia > Plotting

Plotting is the process of depicting mathematical functions or data visually. Before widespread use of computers, curve sketching or plotting was usually done by hand, often on special graph paper. Now most plots are made using dedicated plotting software or plotting features in larger programs. A computer is a machine capable of undergoing complex calculations. ... In mathematics, the graph of a function is the collection of all pairs (x, f(x)) of the function. ... Graph paper is paper that is printed with fine lines making up a grid. ...


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This is an incomplete list of software that either includes the ability to create one or more infographics from a provided data set, or is provided specifically for information visualization. ...

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Plot (1921 words)
Plot is the structure of events within a story and the causal relationship between them.
The plot of a story is a chain of events, each event the result of some prior events, and the cause of some subsequent events.
This is all plotting is; the evolution of the character's difficulties, through the story, until a resolution is reached.
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A plot device is a person or an object introduced to a story to affect or advance the plot of the story.
In the hands of a skilled writer, the reader or viewer won't notice that the device is a construction of the author—it will seem to follow naturally from the setting or characters in the story.
A MacGuffin is a plot device which is unimportant in and of itself, but is the catalyst for the action which surrounds it.
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