Flow Charts

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 Flowchart

• A Flowchart is a tool that graphically represents the steps of a process or

the steps that users have to take to use the service (user Flowchart).

• A flowchart is a schematic representation of an algorithm or a process, or

the step-by-step solution of a problem, using suitably annotated
geometric figures connected by flow lines for the purpose of designing or
documenting a process or program.

• The Flowchart helps you analyze the number of steps and the time
required for each step, to detect bottlenecks, unnecessary steps,
repetitions, and other obstacles.

• Used to describe activities, identify problems, identify the causes of

problems, detect "bottlenecks," and define indicators.
 Symbols
• Start and end symbols, represented as lozenges,
ovals or rounded rectangles, usually containing the
word "Start" or "End", or another phrase signaling
the start or end of a process, such as "submit
enquiry" or "receive product".

• Arrows, showing what's called "flow of control" in

computer science.

• Processing steps, represented as rectangles.

Examples: "Add 1 to X"; "save changes" or similar.
• Input/Output, represented as a parallelogram.
Examples: Get X from the user; display X.

• Conditional (or decision), represented as a diamond

(rhombus). These typically contain a Yes/No question
or True/False test.
• Flowcharts may contain other symbols, such as connectors,
usually represented as circles, to represent converging paths
in the flow chart. Circles will have more than one arrow
coming into them but only one going out.

• Some flow charts may just have an arrow point to another

arrow instead. These are useful to represent an iterative
process (what in Computer Science is called a loop).
• A loop may, for example, consist of a connector
where control first enters, processing steps, a
conditional with one arrow exiting the loop, and one
going back to the connector.

• Off-page connectors are often used to signify a

connection to a (part of another) process held on
another sheet or screen
Start
 Flow Chart to find Simple Interest
• Draw flow chart to find SI.
• SI=P*N*R
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