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==Comparison to UML==
UML 2.0 [[Sequence diagram|Sequence Diagram]] is strongly inspired by the ITU-T MSC. Still, for historical reasons, the default basic principles are quite different:
* Lifelines
:* In an MSC, the vertical lines are autonomous execution entities. They usually represent state machines executing in parallel. The state machines need not be on the same computer.