## Appendix A Graphical Notation

The following figure shows symbols used in graphic views.

The following symbols are used by Understand for C++ to represent various language constructs.

- Files are denoted with parallelograms.
- Functions are denoted with rectangles.
- Macros are denoted with octagons.
- Objects (variables, constants) are denoted with ovals.
- Types (struct, typedefs) are denoted with hexagons.
- Unresolved entities are drawn in dashed lines.
- System level entities are drawn in double lines.

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