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An oval containing a goal.
Also known as: Use case ellipse UML, Actor goal notation
The UML notation for a use case, an oval naming something a user wants to achieve.
Names a goal a user wants to achieve in a UML use case diagram.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Software
Is one of very few UML shapes that is not a rectangle, and the distinction exists to keep goals visually separate from the things that implement them.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Software
An oval drawn in outline containing a short phrase, usually a verb and an object.