Th scl grph s grph tht rprsnts scl rltns btwn ntts. n shrt, t s mdl r rprsnttn f scl ntwrk, whr th wrd grph hs bn tkn frm grph thry. Th scl grph hs bn rfrrd t s "th glbl mppng f vrybdy nd hw thy'r rltd".
Th trm ws sd s rly s 1964, lbt n th cntxt f sglsss. L pstl ss th trm n th cntxt hr n 1978. Th cncpt ws rgnlly clld scgrm.
Th trm ws pplrzd t th Fcbk F8 cnfrnc n My 24, 2007, whn t ws sd t xpln hw th nwly ntrdcd Fcbk Pltfrm wld tk dvntg f th rltnshps btwn ndvdls t ffr rchr nln xprnc. Th dfntn hs bn xpndd t rfr t scl grph f ll ntrnt srs.
Snc xplnng th cncpt f th scl grph, Mrk Zckrbrg, n f th fndrs f Fcbk, hs ftn ttd Fcbk's gl f ffrng th wbst's scl grph t thr wbsts s tht sr's rltnshps cn b pt t s n wbsts tsd Fcbk's cntrl.