annotation

Any marking on illustrative material for the purpose of clarification, such as numbers, letters, symbols, and signs. On Digital Landsat products, the annotation (such as date of coverage, sun angle, scene identification number, and SO forth) is represented in digital form in special records devoted to this purpose.

External links for annotation
annotation on Wikipedia
annotation on Google
annotation on Yahoo!
annotation on Answers
annotation on The Free Dictionary

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