• Aimed toward active exploration, not static images
  
  
• Leverages human pattern-recognition capabilities
  
  
• Presentations constructed graphically and interactively
  
  
• Record oriented
  
  
• Not all data in main memory
  
  
• Power comes from combinations of a small number of primitives
  
  

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