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Planning your first flowchart with introduction to operators

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           Flowchart symbols Here are some of the common flowchart symbols. Terminal/Terminator Process Decision Document Data, or Input/Output Stored Data Flow Arrow Comment or Annotation Predefined process On-page connector/reference Off-page connector/reference  Flowcharts for computer programming/algorithms As a visual representation of data flow, flowcharts are useful in writing a program or algorithm and explaining it to others or collaborating with them on it. You can use a flowchart to spell out the logic behind a program before ever starting to code the automated process. It can help to organize big-picture thinking and provide a guide when it comes time to code. More specifically, flowcharts can: Demonstrate the way code is organized. Visualize the execution of code within a program. Show the structure of a website or application. Understand how users navigate a website or program. Often, programmers may write pseudocode, a comb
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Flowchart in other fields

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How flowcharts are used in numerous other fields Beyond computer programming, flowcharts have many uses in many diverse fields. In any field: Document and analyze a process. Standardize a process for efficiency and quality. Communicate a process for training or understanding by other parts of the organization. Identify bottlenecks, redundancies and unnecessary steps in a process and improve it. Education: Plan coursework and academic requirements. Create a lesson plan or oral presentation. Organize a group or individual project. Show a legal or civil process, like voter registration. Plan and structure creative writing, like lyrics or poetry. Demonstrate character development for literature and film. Represent the flow of algorithms or logic puzzles. Understand a scientific process, like the Krebs cycle. Chart an anatomical process, such as digestion. Map out symptoms and treatment for diseases/disorders. Communicate hypotheses and theories, like Maslow’s hiera
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Types of Flowchart

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Types of flowcharts Different authors describe various types of flowcharts in different terms. These people include published experts such as Alan B. Sterneckert, Andrew Veronis, Marilyn Bohl and Mark A. Fryman. Sterneckert, in his 2003 book  Critical Incident Management , listed four popular flowchart types, framed around the concept of flow controls rather than the flow itself: Document Flowcharts:  These “have the purpose of showing existing controls over document-flow through the components of a system. … The chart is read from left to right and documents the flow of documents through the various business units.” Data Flowcharts:  These show “the controls governing data flows in a system. … Data flowcharts are used primarily to show the channels that data is transmitted through the system rather than how controls flow.” System Flowcharts:  These “show the flow of data to and through the major components of a system such as data entry, programs, storage media, processors, a
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Principles of Flowchart

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Principles of Flowchart Design Four patterns of historical events show up throughout world history: Linear  where events follow one line of development; Convergence  where 2 or more events or factors converge to create 1 result; Divergence  where 1 event or factor has 2 or more results; and Feedback models  where 2 or more events or factors feed back on one another to create a recurring cycle. Flowcharts help students see these patterns, and understand the details of each pattern as it occured at a specific time. As the patterns become more recognizable, readers become more adept at understanding the material.In order to make the patterns more recognizable, memorable, understandable, and interesting, the flowcharts use three design elements: simplicity, bilateral symmetry, and color. Each flowchart's design is also determined by the nature of the historical material and thus reflects that period's uniqueness. Simplicity is of paramount importance if readers ar
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Introduction

Introduction So what is flowcharting? A flowchart is basically a way of representing an algorithm (a procedure or a process of performing a specific task). Using this method of representing algorithms, we can then take flowcharts and use the procedures in computer programming and countless other devices. There are many benefits of using a flowchart to represent your algorithm. For one, it is easier to spot an error. Also it is significantly easier to improve the algorithm, which includes making it more efficient and shorter by taking advantage of several techniques used in organizing flowchart modules, which you will learn later. It is also an effective way of presenting the idea for business presentations as a well-arranged way of visualization. A flowchart looks very easy to understand immediately without any knowledge of the components, due to its simple and clean interface. It looks a lot like your average written procedures in a science lab. However if you were to constru
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History of Flowchart

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History of Flow Charts x Flowcharting has been used for a long time. There is no individual who designed flowcharting because  it can be customized to fit any need or purpose. Flowcharts were first hand-drawn which made changes difficult and messy. Frank Gilbreth explained the first flow chart to the members of ASME in 1921 to introduce his presentation "Process Charts - First Steps in Finding the One Best Way". Flowcharts soon made their way into the industrial engineering district. During the early 1930s, Allan H. Mogensen (industrial engineer) trained business people to use some of the industrial engineering tools at the Work Simplification Conference in New York. A graduate, Art Spinanger, developed their Deliberate Methods Change Program. Another graduate, Ben S. Graham, used flowcharting to process information with the use of multi-flow process chart to exhibit many documents and their connection with others. After computers are able to use graphics, the first flow
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Flowchart

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Flowchart Flowchart Definition:  A flow chart is a graphical representation of algorithms, workflow or process.  The purpose of a  flow chart is to provide people with a common language for understanding a project or process. Each flowchart represents a solution to a given problem definition. Flowchart is prepared using following common symbols: Figure:  Flowchart Symbol Basic Flowchart Figure: Basic Flowchart Explanation of Basic Flowchart Step-1:  Start Step-2:  Begin your process 1 Step-3:  Take decision (Check some condition) Step-4:  Based on answer from Step-3, execute Process 2 or Process 3. If answer of step 3 is No, execute Process 2 and repeat Step-2, 3 and 4; otherwise execute Process 3 Step-5:  End Example of Flowchart Draw Flowchart to check Odd or Even number. Draw flowchart to check Positive Number. Figure: Flowchart to check positive number Draw flowchart to check negative number.
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