Chart types
Data visualization usually refers to the visual display of quantitative information, as in statistical and information charts, plots, data maps, and so on. but it can include any kind of visual representation of data, such as mathematical graphics, path networks (subway systems, roads, electronic circuit diagrams), word clouds, musical and sound representations, timelines, geographical information systems, chemical and atomic diagrams, or any other way of coding of data using visual artifacts.
You can create any type of visualization if you use a data-driven library such as D3.js. A charting library such as Chart.js, which comes with a set of pre-configured formats, is more limited, but much easier to use.
Chart.js supports ...
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