A diagram showing the steps of a process or system using boxes, arrows, and symbols to visualize how something works.
Compound of 'flow' and 'chart'; developed in the 1920s-1930s by engineers and later popularized for programming and business processes.
Flowcharts became the international language of problem-solving before computers even existed—now they're everywhere from hospital emergency protocols to video game logic to factory automation.
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