Flowchart Shapes For Input
Printing the results is an output.
Flowchart shapes for input. The data flowchart shape indicates inputs to and outputs from a process. Lines and arrows show the sequence of the steps and the relationships among them. This flowchart shape is sometimes called input output. Flowcharts are usually drawn from top to bottom or left to right.
Numbering is helpful if you have to refer to a shape in a discussion. While the paper tape symbol also represents input output it is outdated and no longer in common use for flowchart diagramming. It is a parallelogram shape as shown below. In rfflow you can turn on numbering by clicking on tools and number shapes.
Also referred to as the data symbol this shape represents data that is available for input or output as well as representing resources used or generated. Numbering does not determine the flow of control. As such the shape is more often referred to as an i o shape than a data shape. In the chart above the temperature is an input.
Numbering shapes is optional. Some companies don t bother to to use the parallelogram shape and just use a standard rectangle. Common flowchart symbols rectangle shape represents a process oval or pill shape represents the start or end diamond shape represents a decision parallelogram represents input output. The data flowchart shape stands for information or materials that will be imported or exported from the process.