What are the essential things one needs to know about UML?

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Published on 2011-11-26T14:57:14Z Indexed on 2011/11/27 2:01 UTC
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I want my scribbles of a program's design and behaviour to become more streamlined and have a common language with other developers.

I looked at UML and in principle it seems to be what I'm looking for, but it seems to be overkill. The information I found online also seems very bloated and academic.

How can I understand UML in plain-English way, enough to be able to explain it to my colleagues? What are the canonical resources for understanding UML at a ground level?

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