flowchart

/floʊ tʃɑrt/

/fləʊ tʃɑt/

A flowchart is a diagram that shows you exactly how to proceed step by step through a process. To simplify instructions for your cat sitter, make them a flowchart.

Each step in a flowchart is a box connected to the next step by an arrow. For example, the first step might say, "Is the cat meowing?" with arrows pointing to "Yes" and "No." If you choose "Yes," you may be led to "Feed the cat;" choose "No," and an arrow might guide you to a box that says, "Pet the cat." One step flows into the next, hence the term flowchart.

Definitions of flowchart

1. noun

   a diagram that shows a sequence of operations or a progression through a process or system
   type of:

   diagram

   a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
2. noun

   a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
   synonyms: flow chart, flow diagram, flow sheet

   type of:

   multidimensional language

   a programming language whose expressions are assembled in more than one dimension