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 construct a flowchart based on prewritten instructions, the final product probably wouldn't look anything like the original procedures, but instead simplified. This is the magic of the flowchart.
You will soon learn about everything you need to know in order to construct a well-organized flowchart, from its every component to methods of manipulating them. Flowcharts can always be improved to increase its simplicity and its effectiveness for a certain task, because every task is different. This is what makes flowcharts so fascinating to engineers as the methods of doing one specific task has endless possibilities and variations.
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