A caption is a short descriptive or explanatory text, usually one or two sentences long, which accompanies a photograph, picture, map, graph, pictorial illustration, figure, table or some other form of graphic content contained in a book, newspaper, or magazine article.[1][2][3]
A caption of an image is usually placed directly below the image. A caption for a table is usually positioned above the table. In magazines and similar publications, a caption can be placed opposite the picture or sometimes on top of the picture itself.[4]
In technical writing, the caption usually contains the number of the figure or the table, as well as lengthy and complete details about the figure. The source of the information in a caption is usually cited at the end of it.[5][6]
