Meaning of visual language | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Those aspects of communication that rely on visual elements, such as illustrations, formatting, gesture, and so on.
2. VPL (visual programming language); a programming language that allows software developers to generate code by manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually.

Examples

“However, we also have⟳ to learn⟳ to "read⟳" and understand⟳ the meaning of visual information and the components of visual language.”

“The designer's task is to make⟳ visual language responsive to the rhetorical situation: the audience, the purpose, and the context of the document.”

“In order⟳ to fulfil this function as a medium of communication, the visual language of botanical illustrations could not differ⟳ so much from the conventions of the genre that they became difficult for the audience to understand⟳.”

“In this paper I intend⟳ to explore⟳ the visual language used in cinema and their connection with human values.”

“A processor for a visual language consists of a graphical frontend attached to phases that analyse⟳ and transform⟳ the visual programs.”

“Also, the XML-based form⟳ of TUIML allowed us to precisely and formally define⟳ TUIML while adding a secondary textual notation to the visual language.”

“UML is a visual language.”

“The VPL implementation involves the implementation of a whole programming environment with a user interface which supports developing programs using a visual language.”

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