Conceptual schemes

Recently graphics system Ti$k$Z has become an integral part of the scientific text editor $\TeX/\LaTeX$ and turned it into a vector graphics editor. The article discusses the means Ti$k$Z to create compact, attractive and informative conceptual schemes. We are talking about tools, located in the library of extensions of $mindmap$ ($\backslash$usetikzlibrary{mindmap}) [2, c. 635]. Conceptual schemes are useful in training and are also called maps of lectures, activity, etc. In fact, they are representations of multi-level lists in the form of a special graph. Therefore, to control the appearance of conceptual schemes using standard $tikz$-tools trees, supplemented with several special options. The article gives a brief description of these special options, and shows their usage when forming the concrete scheme “Computer devices”.
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