Graphics types

Main diagram types

There are at least the following types of diagrams:

• Graph-based diagrams: these take a collection of items and relationships between them, and express them by giving each item a 2D position, while the relationships are expressed as connections between the items or overlaps between the items; examples of such techniques:

tree diagram   network diagram   flowchart   Venn diagram   existential graph

• Chart-like diagram techniques, which display a relationship between two variables that take either discrete or a continuous ranges of values; examples:

histogram   bar chart   pie chart   function graph   scatter plot

• Other types of diagrams, e.g.,

train diagram   exploded view   population density map   Pioneer plaque   Three-dimensional diagram

List of types:  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagram