| deployment diagram | contains links between nodes that show how communication takes place |  |
| contains nodes which represent computational units such as a computer, a processing card, a sensor or a device | |
| has definition A UML diagram showing hardware nodes, how they are interconnected, and what components will exist on them at run time | |
| is a subtopic of 5.1 - What is UML? | |
| is a kind of UML diagram | |
| shows where various instances of components reside at run time | |
| UML diagram | describes aspects of the architectural model | |
| has part constraint | |
| has part note | |
| see also Unified Modelling Language | |
| diagram | has advantages it conveys or summarizes complex concepts or mechanisms more easily than other techniques | |
has problems - can be hard for users to interact with or interpret
- not usable by blind people
- it can be expensive to program diagram drawing software
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| should have a label if its meaning is not obvious, using a caption or pop-up label that appears when the user moves the mouse over it | |
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