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Aniket Vaishnav
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What is UML?

UML stands for Unified Modeling Language and is used to model the Object-Oriented Analysis of a software system. UML is a way of visualizing and documenting a software system by using a collection of diagrams, which helps engineers, businesspeople, and system architects understand the behavior and structure of the system being designed.

Benefits of using UML:

  1. Helps develop a quick understanding of a software system.
  2. UML modeling helps in breaking a complex system into discrete pieces that can be easily understood.
  3. UML’s graphical notations can be used to communicate design decisions.
  4. Since UML is independent of any specific platform or language or technology, it is easier to abstract out concepts.
  5. It becomes easier to hand the system over to a new team.

Get to know types of UML diagrams here : https://dev.to/obrutus/types-of-uml-diagrams-40o8

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