Flow Diagram Shapes And Meanings
Meanings of flow chart process mapping symbols the first symbol to be displayed is the arrow a connection symbol used to indicate a link between two other symbols and the direction of flow.
Flow diagram shapes and meanings. Yourdon and coad and gane and sarson. The words you use are up to you. Quick tips for using flowchart 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.
In flowchart this symbol is typically small and used as a connector to show a jump from one point in the process flow to another. There are two different types of approaches to symbols in data flow diagrams. When you make a flowchart with the help of a software program it is also called subroutine. Drawing a structured flowchart.
Sometimes a flowchart shape can have more than one meaning as with the circle shape which depicts a jump node in flow charts and inspection point in business process mapping. It shows the entry point of your flowchart and the exit point. Next we will show various designs of shapes with their meaning of these symbols in the process flowchart. Terminal or terminator shape this shape tells you where the flowchart begins and ends.
Other times there are just multiple names for the same flow chart symbol such as terminator and terminal point. To designate the start of your flowchart you would fill this shape with words like start or begin. Arrows showing what s called flow of control in computer science.