I''ve been using Visual C++ for years, and I never heard of Graphic.

Although they often take a little more effort to use, I consider the best sources of information to always be the actual reference material for a subject.

GDI
GDI+
DirectX
OpenGL
SDL

Maybe that''s not actually what you''re looking for, though... Those symbols are pretty funky, and your question was a little vague.

Actually, maybe you''re just asking about the "Visual" part of Visual C++, in which case, this may be what you''re looking for.

Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.

-Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, "Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind"