Algorithms and Flowcharts : System Flowcharts

Flowcharts describe in detail how a process will be carried out. Sometimes during the development of an information system it is useful to be able to produce a more general description of how a system will work.

A system flowchart shows in general terms the operations that will be performed on information in an information system. The arrows on a system flowchart show the direction that data will flow in around the system rather than the order in which the operations will be carried out.

Many more symbols are used on a system flowchart than on a normal flowchart. These are the symbols that may be used :

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