The world is full of information. Simulations, experiments and data collections comprise an enormous and permanently increasing accumulation of data. Therefore new ways have to be found to reveal the information hidden in sometimes huge data sets.
Visualization offers a way.
It aims at presenting complex information in a comprehensible way - exploiting the sensory apparatus and the highly developed perceptual capabilities of humans. The term data visualization is another phrase to describe visualization. Another recently emerging term is information visualization . We use the term scientific visualization to denominate the discipline of computer science as explained. The term data visualization is used to denote the activity of obtaining a visual representation of data.