Computer graphics and animation are often associated with applications in diverse areas such as the entertainment industry, meteorology, and medicine. Sophisticated graphics software enables the creation of impressive feature films, as well as life-saving diagnostic tools. Both creating and maintaining this and other types of software are difficult tasks, which often push the limits of the human mind in managing detail and complexity. For example, software systems such as Windows 95, which has been estimated to contain more than ten million lines of program code, offer significant challenges because of their sheer size and complexity.
The Year 2000 problem has brought global attention to the inherent difficulties in maintaining complex software systems and the potential consequences of failing to do so. Much effort has been expended on developing tools and techniques that augment natural human abilities in dealing with software size and complexity. Many of these techniques are focused on augmenting the innate power of the human visual system in problemsolving and comprehension tasks.
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