WHAT IS UML?

The Unified Modeling Language is a standard language for writing software

blueprints.
A modeling language for specifying, visualizing, constructing and
documenting
It is used to derive system and it focuses on understanding a subject
via creating a model and it unifies the language of communication
about a system.
It can be used through the lifecycle of a system
The UML is not a visual programming language but it is a visual
modeling language
The UML is a language for formalizing the modeling of classes or
types
UML formalizes the modeling of objects or instances