flow charts
Visual decision maps
Flow charts are diagrams that represent a process or workflow using shapes connected by arrows.
Rectangles typically show steps, diamonds show decision points, and arrows show the sequence.
They're used in programming, business planning, and anywhere a complex process needs visual mapping: The flow chart showed where the bottleneck was occurring.
Also spelled as one word: flowcharts.
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- decision treesBranching predictive model structures
- yes or noBinary response options
- if thenConditional logic structure
box · steps · swim lanes · pseudocode · arrow · algorithm · procedure · start · start to finish · software · back to basics · logic gates · no · analysis · pathways · connect the dots · visual thinking · mapping
- teaching mediaeducational films, instructional videos, teaching aids, learning aids, teaching tools
- reference tablesmultiplication table, addition table, multiplication tables, times table, times tables
- technical documentstechnical manuals, blueprint, technical reports, service manual, specifications
- bar prepbar review, state bar, MBE, pass rates, practice tests
- work efficiencytime study, standard time, work study, labor standards, work standards
flow chartsparagraphs
Distinct units of prose
written description · essay form · essays · plain text · wall of text
flow chartsstream of consciousness
Narrative mimicking uninterrupted thought
freewriting · rambling · raw data · chaos · nonlinear narrative