Architecture diagrams

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a graphical language for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system.

This diagram neatly summarizes the 14 UML diagram types defined in UML 2

Talk about a picture speaking a thousand words!

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