Modeling Application Architecture & Information System Processes
System Flowcharts
- System Flowchart Symbols:
- System flowchart symbols can be conveniently classified into six subsets: (continued)
- Most designers show only the net inputs and outputs and exclude the on-line dialogue that gets you to those inputs and outputs.
- There are two on-line symbols: the on-line input and the on-line output.
- There are a number of miscellaneous symbols in the ANSI standard.
- The most important of these symbols is the comment.
- It may be connected via a dashed line to any other symbol to add information about such things as timing, security, or instructions.