Flowcharts
A flowchartA diagram that shows a process, made up of boxes representing steps, decision, inputs and outputs. is a diagram that represents a set of instructionA single action that can be performed by a computer processor.. Flowcharts normally use standard symbols to represent the different types of instructions. These symbols are used to construct the flowchart and show the step-by-step solution to the problem.
Common flowchart symbols
Using flowcharts
Flowcharts can be used to plan out programSequences of instructions for a computer.. Planning a program that asks people what the best subject they take is, would look like this as a flowchart: