AF - Flowcharts Lesson

Flowcharts

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Flowcharts are used to illustrate algorithms in order and are used by programmers to aid in the visualization of a program.  When designing a flowchart, it is a good practice to construct it so it can be read top to bottom and left to right to follow an algorithms logic from start to finish.  The table below reflects common flowchart symbols.  Click here Links to an external site. to view an exhaustive list of flowchart symbols.

Flowchart symbols and their meaning. Curved Edge Rectangle is called terminator - used to represent the start and end of a program with the keywords BEGIN and END. Rectangle is called process - an instruction that is to be carried out by the program. Arrow is called arrow - indicates the flow of the algorithm pathways. Diamond is called decision - Used to split the flowchart sequence into multiple paths to represent selection and repetition. Rhombus is called input/output - used to represent data entry by a user or the display of data by the program.

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